World War II Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (853) essays
World War II essays:
Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in the Holocaust?
... the Jewish people? During the time leading up to the outbreak of World War II, the Western Press consistently carried numerous reports of the German's anti-Jewish policies and their purposeful victimization of the Jews living in Nazi Germany as well as the annexed territories. The ...
All Quiet on the Western Front
... the words of the traditional world have no meaning, the words of his comrades have more meaning than even they are aware of. In fact, true communication can exist in the world of the war with few or no words said at all. This phenomenon is perhaps best demonstrated in the novel ...
Comparison of concentration camps to japanese internment
... the Jews, Gypsies, the Poles, Slovaks, Communists and other enemies of the state in Germany and Poland, many of which had served the very countries who were persecuting them during World War One) were all unjustly and unfairly treated for many years, until the liberation of the Concentration camps ...
Holocaust: Who is responsible for the Holocaust?
... Nazi policies? Very few" (Chaikin 124). Others around the world even got word of the terror that was happening in Germany, but the facts were to horrible to believe. "Many heads of state found it difficult to believe the reports and tended to discount them" (Chaikin 129). Many think that the ...
Account for the success of Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in the period 1923 to 1933.
... the democracy in Germany helped bring Hitler and the Nazi movement to power. The affect of the Great Depression on Germany was quite severe, as it was already in a period of recession due to reparation demands from World War One. Unemployment rose steadily, and by January 1930, the ...
The Holocaust
... the outbreak of World War II, actions taken against the Jews included marking them and ghettoizing them.By the time of the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the decision had been taken to kill the eastern European Jews by them where they were found and by the end of the year at the latest, the ...
Theft-Murder: The Inadequacy of Reparations and Restitutions as a result of Anti-Semitism
... the Unfinished Business of World War II. New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. Eizenstat, Stuart E. Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe. 29 Sept. 2003. Holocaust: Victim Assets Litigation (Swiss Banks). 29 Sept. 2003. http://www.swissbankclaims.com/index.asp> "International List of ...
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Necessary to save American lives.
... the war because the Axis powers already had control of practically all of Europe. There were only a few countries that the Axis did not control and they were Spain, Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Every other country in Europe was conquered by Germany in the World War II ...
The Holocaust: How it was Carried Off
... Germany's defeat in World War One, the Treaty of Versailles, and the economic depression. This explanation allowed the Nazi's to make Jews one of the German middle classes greatest fears. Eventually, the Nazi regime gained even more support from the middle class when they moved Jews ...
Childhood of Adolf Hitler
... Germany entered World War I in August 1914, he immediately enlisted in the ...