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Hues Of Black Alberto Giacometti Life
998 words
His purpose was to express the totality of life
and find the real through external experiences. He
was celebrated for his elongated figures that
followed his break from the surrealists. But, who
was Alberto Giacometti? Alberto Giacometti was
born in 1901 in the Italian speaking town
Borgonova, Switzerland. Being the son of Giovanni
Giacometti, an impressionist painter, he was
encouraged in art at an early age. Giacometti had
great confidence in his drafting ability at the
age of 10, and at 14 he...
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Power In Germany Adolf Hitler
1,152 words
The National Socialist German Workers Party almost
died one morning in 1919. It numbered only a few
dozen grumblers it had no organization But many
among the middle class admired the Nazis muscular
opposition to the Social Democrats. And the Nazis
themes of patriotism and militarism drew highly
emotional responses from people who could not
forget Germany's prewar imperial grandeur. In the
national elections of September 1930, the Nazis
garnered nearly 6. 5 million votes and became
second only to...
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Lost Their Jobs Great Depression
1,229 words
The book, How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie provided a way for people to
motivate themselves and enter the work force after
the Great Depression. As an enlightened individual
and business man of the time, Mr. Carnegie created
a book that, "touched a nerve and filled a human
need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of
post-Depression days, as evidenced by its
continued and uninterrupted sales into the
eighties, almost half a century later, " (Carnegie
13). The peoples' ...
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Industrial Recovery Act Franklin D Roosevelt
1,640 words
The New Deal picked people up when the Great
Depression sent them down. It restored faith in
the American people. The New Deal helped bring
businesses and unemployment from out of the
cellar. It got the economy back on its feet after
it looked like nothing could help. All this was
possible because of one man. Why did they put so
much faith into one person? Even though the New
Deal was a great success, why did they expect this
one person to save them? You can't put your future
into the hands of o...
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Holocaust The Destruction Process
1,055 words
During the period from the early 1930 's to the
mid 40 's, the Jews in Germany, Poland, and
throughout Europe faced intense discrimination
from the Nazis. Starting with boycotts and
pogroms, the Nazis proceeded to institute
legislation against the Jews with the Nuremberg
Laws. Institution of ghettos began in the late
1930 's. A climate of hostility against Jews had
been methodically and relentlessly established.
The Holocaust was a systematic destruction
process, which, in a very rational, burea...
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Armed Forces Enabling Act
503 words
On March 23, 1933, the newly elected members of
the Reichstag met in the Kroll Opera House in
Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act.
It was officially called the 'Law for Removing the
Distress of the People and the Reich. ' If this
bill would be passed, it would end democracy in
Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of
Adolf Hitler. The Nazis had secretly caused
confusion in order to create an atmosphere in
which the law seem necessary to restore order. On
February 27, 1933, Na...
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Treaty Of Versailles Adolf Hitler
521 words
Nearly six million Jews were killed and murdered
in what historians have called "The Holocaust. "
The word 'holocaust' is a conflagration, a great
raging fire that consumes in it's path all that
lives. In the years between 1933 and 1945, the
Jews of Europe were marked for total annihilation.
Moreover, anti-Semitism was given legal sanction.
It was directed by Adolf Hitler and managed by
Hence Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf
Eichmann. The Germans under Adolf Hitler believed
that the Jews wer...
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Nazi Regime Beer Hall
1,804 words
Master propagandist of the Nazi regime and
dictator of its cultural life for twelve years,
Joseph Goebbels was born into a strict Catholic,
working-class family from Rheydt, in the
Rhineland, on 29 October 1897. He was educated at
a Roman Catholic school and went on to study
history and literature at the University of
Heidelberg under Professor Friedrich Gundolf, a
Jewish literary historian renowned as a Goethe
scholar and a close disciple of the poet Stefan
George. Goebbels had been rejected fo...
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Nazi Regime Youth Movement
1,310 words
Adolf Hitler was not the first man to drastically
implement a strong nationalistic country. However,
he was the first to implement a distinct form of
nationalism, which imbedded highly raciest
overtones for the everlasting purification of an
Aryan Germany. Hitlers raciest ideals originated
from the German Youth Movement during the
inter-war period. In short, the Bundische youth
carried nationalistic ideals, which were
anti-liberal, anti-Semitic and Volkish, these were
the three main characterist...
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World War Ii The Battle For Europe
1,370 words
The Great depression was one of the many reasons
for World War II ( WWII). The Great Depression was
in an economic slump in North America, Europe and
other industrial parts of the world. (web) The
Great Depression happened in October, 1929 when
the New York Stock Market suddenly collapsed. (web
-german. htm # great-dep). Although the US economy
had gone through a depression six months earlier
it was nothing compared to this. This was the
longest and most severe slump ever to hit the
industrializ...
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U S Banks End Of The 1930
691 words
The economic depression that fell upon the United
States in the 1930 s had devastating effects on
the country. At the depth of the depression, in
1933, one American worker in every four was out of
a job. The great industrial slump continued
throughout the 1930 s, shaking the foundations of
Western capitalism. Despite the seeming business
prosperity of the 1920 s, however, there were
serious economic weak spots, a chief one being a
depression in agriculture. Also depressed were
such industries as...
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Adolf Hitler Hitler
1,528 words
? What is the first thing that comes to mind when
the phrase? World War II? is mentioned? ? The
typical response to this question will almost
always be? Hitler and his cruelty toward Jews. ?
What is strange about this answer, is the fact
that the majority of people do not realize what
actually occurred in Europe during this time. To
most people, the Holocaust was an? event? where
many Jews were killed by Nazis. In fact, the
Holocaust was a tragic point in history which many
believe never occurre...
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Ballets Russes York City
1,299 words
DANCING AND BALLET Dancing is the art of moving
the body in time to music. Dancing is both an art
and a form of recreation. Most people dance to
have fun or to entertain others, but dance can
also be used for communication. Dancers express
feelings of joy without saying a word. Since
prehistoric times people have danced, and there
are lots of kinds of dancing. There is folk
dancing and religious dancing, popular dancing and
theatrical dancing, to name a few. Out of all
dancing, theatrical is pro...
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Concentration Camps Soviet Union
1,091 words
As Destruction (Holocaust) Destruction (Holocaust)
As a teenager of the year 3000 I want to take you
back into a certain period of time. A time when
people had their dreams and hopes stripped away
from their future. The children of this period did
not have the chance for freedom and equality. Like
every historical event, the Holocaust evokes
certain specific images. When the Holocaust is
mentioned most people immediately think of
concentration camps. People immediately envision
emaciated victims...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Civil Works Administration
1,110 words
Although the flood waters of poverty,
unemployment, and famine known as the Great
Depression began to recede under Hoovers
administration, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and his administration who saw to the retreat of
the destitute ways of life that had enveloped the
nation. When FDR took office, he intended to
change the government in order to include help for
the plight of the forgotten man. He had a plan for
the change known as the New Deal. Roosevelt's New
Deal programs aimed at three Rs ...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Civil Works Administration
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November 30, Fdr SWRK 2911 November 30, 1999
During the 1930 s, America witnessed a breakdown
of the free enterprise system as the U. S. fell
into the worst economic depression in history.
Poverty, unemployment, and famine were 3 of the
problems that had the most impact. It was Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and his administration who saw to
the fall of the destitute ways of life that had
enveloped the nation. When FDR was elected, he
planned to change the government in order to
include help for the ...
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Acute Van Der
567 words
When Hitler came to become chancellor in January
1933 his powers were relatively weak. Hitler had
been appointed chancellor by the president,
Hindenberg. Hindenberg had the power to appoint
any chancellor he wishes, and can get rid of
Hitler at any time. This means that Hindenberg
controlled all of Hitler´ s power. The Nazi
politicians were in the minority in the cabinet
and in the Reichstag only 3 in the first cabinet.
Hitler only won 33 % of the vote in 1932. Without
this support it was ...
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Jehovahs Witnesses Final Solution
1,516 words
The first research in the late 1940 s and early
1950 s focused on the Jewishness of the Holocaust.
Called the Final Solution by the Germans, it was
the object of two pivotal studies, both of which
had the Jews at the center of their treatment. The
first was The Final Solution by Gerald Reitlinger
and the second The Destruction of the European
Jews by Raul Hilberg. Most major studies since
have had the same focus: Lucy Dawidowicz (The War
Against the Jews; Leni Yahoo (The Holocaust);
Hilberg (Per...
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Angel Of Death Group Of People
2,076 words
Throughout Holocaust 6 The Holocaust Throughout
history the Jewish people have been scapegoats;
whenever something was not going right they were
the ones to blame. From Biblical times through to
the Shakespearean Era, all the way to the Middle
East Crisis and the creation of Israel, the Jews
have been persecuted and blamed for the problems
of the world. The most horrifying account of
Jewish persecution is the holocaust, which took
place in Europe from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf
Hitler tried to elim...
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First World War Balance Of Power
3,244 words
How Convincing Do You Find Meinecke? s Explanation
How Convincing Do You Find Meinecke? s Explanation
For The Rise Of National Socialism? As a
historian, I appreciate the absurdity of the rise
of Nazism, however I have found Meinecke? s
explanation of the rise of Nazism, given its date
of publication, to be not so much a disclaimer on
behalf of the German people, as others have found
it to be, but almost an attempt at academic
vindication of the Anglo-American post-war view of
Germany, often sup...
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