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World War Ii Heinrich Himmler
331 wordsThe Nazis establishes Auschwitz in April 1940, under the orders of Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich Himmler was in charge of two Nazi organizations. The camp at Auschwitz originally housed political prisoners from occupied Poland and various concentration camps from within Germany. Prisoners were transported from all over Nazi-occupied Europe. When the prisoners arrived at the complex they were separated into three groups. One group was sent directly to the gas chamber at Birkenau within a few hours, ...
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Angels Of Life And Death
1,481 words"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" (Below 9). These are the words of the Angel of Life in the Holocaust, Oskar Schindler. However, the life and light that was inside this man was not in the hearts of all European people between 1933 and 1945. Coinciding with this wonderful figure is one of the ...
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Josef Stalin Soviet Union
490 wordsOn June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa took the Soviets by surprise. By blitzkrieg tactics, the three million Germans strong force struck deep into Russia, capturing whole Russian armies. Though expecting the raid, Russian president, Josef Stalin, was forced to sacrifice huge numbers of troops to stop the Germans' approach. The Germans were quick in forcing Russia to surrender due to the harsh conditions of the approaching Russian winter. Operation Barbarossa was the codename used for the invasio...
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Mozart Composed G Minor
903 wordsProbably the greatest genius in Western musical history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Part. Leopold was a successful composer, violinist and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at 9. When he was 6, he and his older sister, Maria Anna, performed a series of concerts to Europe's courts and major cities. Both children played the keybo...
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The Assessed Causes Of First World War
884 wordsLong Term Causes And Arguments: In 1838, a agreement was formed to protect Belgium if attacked or invaded. Briton along with other major European powers signed this therefore dragging themselves into the First World War when Germany invaded Belgium to fight France. In 1848, Austria-Hungary under Franz Josef lost a war against France, beginning a long rivalry between the two countries. In 1860, Italy was founded which aggravated Austria-Hungary as parts of it land had originally been owned by the...
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Russian Revolution Vs Animal Farm
363 wordsThere are many similarities between the Russian Revolution and the book Animal Farm. Two of the similarities that become most evident is the character Snowball, who resembles Leo Trotsky, and Napoleon, who resembles Josef Stalin. At the beginning of the book, Old Major (pig who resembles Karl Marx) tells the rest of the animals about a dream he had. This dream was about driving away Mr. Jones and take over the farm. A thought called animalism, which resembles Marxism from the revolution. Soon af...
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Anti Semitism Isaac Bashevis
2,352 words... ies in fin de since Vienna is one such "invented tradition" The myth "that the cultural flowering in Vienna was an essentially Jewish phenomenon. "{ 2 }: { 1 } Hobsbawm, Eric. Introduction: Inventing Traditions in Hobsbawm, Eric and Ranger, Terence The Invention of Tradition p 13 { 2 }Beller, Steven. Vienna and the Jews 1867 - 1938 (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990) (4) Typical of these is Berkley who espouses this golden age and argues that without the Jews Vienna was nothing. Be...
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Versailles Treaty Anti Semitic
1,196 wordsAdolf hitler was born in brannan, austria on the 20 th of april 1889. His parents belonged to the settled middle class and his father led a thrifty but successful life. At aged 18, hitler moved to vienna where he settled for five years. He described that period of time as the worst years of his life. As a struggling artist, he tried to gain entry into the vienna academy of fine arts but was refused admission. It was in vienna that hitler was influenced by lanz von libenfels and developed very st...
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Mao Tse Tung Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1,366 wordsThe history of the 20 th century can be defined by the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, and Josef Stalin. Each of these men had a lasting significant involvement in world affairs. This essay will focus on the significance each individual had on the ideologies of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic state, and three of these led a communist country. Also four ...
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Facets Of Russian Communism Within Fictional Utopian Literature
2,464 wordsHistorically, fictional literature has been used to reflect on the life of the time in which it is written. Authors, thrown by the system and displeased by developments, take what they know and use it to make a statement. Over the course of history, authors have jabbed huge incidents such as the French Revolution in Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, missionary invasion and Chinese poverty in Pearl S. Bucks The Good Earth, and Chinese Communism in Anchor Mins Becoming Madame Mao. On the topic...
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Analysis Of Briar Rose By Jane Yolen
751 wordsBriar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Yolen compared a story that fictitiously occurred during World War II with Sleeping Beauty, which allowed one of the main characters, Gitl Mandelstein, to indirectly tell her horrifying experiences during the war. The story beings ...
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Doctor Of The Church Josef Pieper Aquinas
377 wordsOne of the greatest philosophers of the 20 th century, Josef Pieper, gives an insightful preamble and guide to the life and works of conceivably the greatest philosopher ever, St. Thomas Aquinas. Pieper presents a biography of Aquinas, an outline of the 13 th century he lived in, and a magnificent synthesis of his vast writings. Pieper depicts how Aquinas resolved the pragmatic thought of Aristotle with the Church, proving that practical knowledge need not exclude belief in the spiritual realiti...
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Josef Cebula Cebula Suffered War
290 wordsBlessed Josef Cebula Father Cebula lived in Poland and in the latter stages of his life his country was greatly affected by World War II. Over 107 polish martyrs died in the Nazi concentration camps during the war. He studied theology and also philosophy and taught the people about God. He was involved in many seminaries and he taught for most of his life even though he was weak. As an adolescent he suffered from many injuries. He was ordained a priest at the age of 25 in 1972. His death was cau...
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Mozart Maria Theresa
848 wordsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on Jan. 27, 1756. He was the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Part. Mozart was known as one of the greatest genius in music history. Mozart? s dad was a well known composer and violinist. He was also an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. The archbishop of the court, Sigismund von Schrattenbach, encouraged Leopold and his children to be involved in music. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies...
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Anti Semitism Isaac Bashevis
4,737 wordsWhy Did Jews Play Such A Disproportionate Why Did Jews Play Such A Disproportionate Part In The Cultural Life Of Fin De Since Vienna? Mythenbildung ist wie kristallisation in der gesattigten salzlosung: es wird dann im entscheidenden augen blick alles mythic Arthur Schnitzler (Buch der Freunde) (1) Viennese Jews proportionally did have more representatives in the cultural sphere. This can be because they had the means, ways and opportunity to exploit their situation to pursue the arts. Steven Be...
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Josef Stalin Frederick Engels
778 wordsThe Communist Manifesto is a book that was written by Karl Marx, and Frederick Engels, in 1847. This book was a collection of theories, compounded by these two men. Their work outlined the basis for a society, based on collectivism and equality. These ideals, and theories flourished into those of the Bolshevik revolution, and into those ideals of the communist leaders, i. e. Vladimir Lenin, and Josef Stalin. These men s work, in theory, to some, were amazing ideas. However, in works, these plans...
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