The world as we know it is a tumultuous place of anarchy, malevolence, and controversy occasionally inhabited by able intermediaries and keepers of the peace. Within societies, due to what appear as irreconcilable differences, periods of discrepancy arise. These divergences sometimes can result in...

The film The Pianist (2002) Roman Polanski is an adaptation of the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman a Jewish pianist who lived through the Nazi occupation of Poland during WWII. According to the sources, Roman Polanski supplemented the story with a few anecdotal events that had occurred in his life dur...

Explain the extent to which Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state between 1933-1945. The rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and their eventual accession to power marked the beginnings of a totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945. Under the rule of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party, Germany ...

The Holocaust- an historical overview Jewish life in Europe The Jews have had a very bad life, as a religion goes any way. Even in roman times thay have been persecuted for the religious beliefs. Thay had no rights what so ever, and thay were often used a religious sacrifices for the Roman...

World War two was the most diverse conflict ever to take place. From its starting point in central Europe it then escalated to North Africa, Russia and the Pacific. Due to advances in military technology, such as tanks, submarines and improved aircraft, battles were no longer stagnant and drawn -o...

The Holocaust is often expressed as an event that cannot be appropriately described in any language known to the human race. Art Spiegelman's Maus and Maus II tries to overcome this perplexing language barrier by presenting the story of the author's father, a Jewish man who survived the F...

Hitler and His Downfall To many World War II has been the most devastating war in human history. It had been global military conflict that caused the loss of millions of lives as well as material destruction. The war began in Europe in September of 1939. It ended on May 8, 1945. This day was marked ...

Angels of Life and Death"I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more" (Bulow 9). These are the words of t...

20th Century Philosophy1930sThe thirties was a decade of great despair around the world. All counties were up in arms about civil as well as national disputes. In order to fully comprehend the events of the thirties, an overview of major countries such as the United States, Japan, Spain and German...

Causes of the Holocaust The rise of the nazi's and the hatred of the Jews became known as the holocaust. Adolf Hitler being one of the biggest names that is known with the holocaust isn't the only person that contributed to this massacre of Jews. People where held in ghetto camps and later sent t...

There are many people that say it never happened but there is no room for denial in a topic like this. The holocaust did happen and it was a terrible thing. There are so many wrong things that happened during the holocaust. One of the worst things I believe that happened were the murders and kill...

In the spring and summer of 1941, the Second World War began to spiral into a truly global conflict. In 1940, the World War was in reality a combination of several regional conflicts around the globe and couldn't truly be classified as a global war. In Europe, Hitler's Germany had overrun...

World War II began in the year of 1939 and lasted until 1945. It was the most devastating war the world has ever faced. Many countries fought in this war, and consequently, had numerous casualties, both from people in the military as well as civilians. The United States played a major role in...

Between June 1941 and May 1945, six million Jews were systematically annihilated under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. However, because of Germany's firm control over most of Europe, information about theFinal Solution? wasn't leaked to the presses until a year later. In June 1...

Hitler's Remilitarization of the Rhineland In March 1936, Adolf Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland. Hitler's decision to remilitarize the Rhineland was brilliant for four reasons. First, Hitler was able to predict that no nation would try to stop him from remilitarizing the Rhinelan...

The German economy lay in a state of despair after WWII, stemming from problems that occurred well before this. But a miracle happened; Germany was able to turn around their economic tragedy to one of substantial growth and wealth, lifting itself from the bottom to one of the top economies in Europe...

Leni Riefenstahl's contribution to the German society and culture during the Nazi Regime was a major one. From the early years of her career as a dancer and actress in the immensly popular mountain genre (Berg) films, to her later contributions to the German media through her productions such a...

nazi art as propaganda While the Nazi political movement was undoubtedly among the most vile developments of the 20th century, it inspired works of art which have the ability to expose some of the best and worst that art can achieve. Because it involves such stark contrasts of good and evil, it off...

Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in thDescription of this essay : Western Civilization - World War II Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in the Holocaust "When they came for the gypsies, I did not speak, for I am not a gypsy. When they came for the JewWestern Civilization - Wor...

A look at Mein KampfHIS 130Robert S. MurphyFriday January 19, 2001CONTENTSI.INTRODUCTION.......................................................... 4II.HITLER: THE EARLY YEARS 5III.VIENNA AND ANTI-SEMITISM 7IV.MY RACE OR NO RACE 9 V. CONCLUSION.........................................................

IntroductionI. World War I had ended. Peace could finally be negotiated between to the Allies and Germany. Bad luck though struck the Allies as Germany had been hit with a horrible depression. A. The number cause for war in most countries up to that time had been poor economic conditions. In 1933, G...

NightElie WieselHolocaust. Even this word alone can dredge up ominous feelings of dread. "Such a terrible thing that happened," we might say. The truth of the matter is we cannot even begin to fathom the true depths of the events that took place during that time period. Elie Wiesel has tried to ...

HolocaustPrejudices: We all have them. They are part of every one. We all prejudge people. We all must over come them. The Nazi's could not. With the help of Hitler, their prejudices swept over the world like a disease. They beat and hurt any Jews they could find. The most horrible event in mankind...

Understanding Gender through "Context Clues"Although many issues form an umbrella under identity; gender has prevailed as a strong issue that enhances and encompasses other themes while at the same time maintaining its on firm distinctiveness. Across all cultural and social borders gender plays an i...

In the days of the depression, countries needed strong leaders. But very few countries were acctually able to obtain such skill. But one man stepped forward, and he turned Germany's economy completely around casuing it to be the first to escape the depression. Hitler was this awesome icon, whom save...