Essays Tagged: "Nazi Germany"

Norway and the world war 2

Norway and World War IINorwegians were surprised and unprepared when Nazi Germany, with its superior military might, attacked Norway on 9 April 1940. The general public, ... ons, eight national police companies, as well as staff and support units - 13,000 troops in all.The Nazification of NorwayAfter the German troops had conquered all Allied resistance on Norwegian soil, ... y entered a state of semi-paralysis for five long years.As in all the other occupied countries, the Nazi power profited from the support of local sympathisers. During a visit to Hitler in Berlin in th ...

(13 pages) 82 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Genocide

attempted many times in recorded history.The best known example in this century was the attempt by Nazi Germany during the 1930's and1940's to destroy the Jewish population of Europe, known as the Ho ... ion of Europe, known as the Holocaust. By the end of WorldWar II, 6 million Jews had been killed in Nazi concentration camps.The known objective of the Nazi rule was Jewish extinction. In November 193 ...

(4 pages) 149 0 3.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Religious theme in Lord of the Flies

ing the death of Jesus, the torture of Jews in the Holocaust, and the ascent and reign of Hitler in Nazi Germany to present an underlying theme of religious persecution that proves his grim outlook on ... boys' society and the Jews have been regarded as one of the most intelligent groups in the time of Nazi Germany. Both the Jews in WWII and Piggy were constantly ridiculed by a powerful group - the Je ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Religious persecution, an underlying theme in "Lord of the Flies" by Golding

ing the death of Jesus, the torture of Jews in the Holocaust, and the ascent and reign of Hitler in Nazi Germany to present an underlying theme of religious persecution that proves his grim outlook on ... boys' society and the Jews have been regarded as one of the most intelligent groups in the time of Nazi Germany. Both the Jews in WWII and Piggy were constantly ridiculed by a powerful group - the Je ...

(5 pages) 68 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Euthanasia is legally, morally and ethically unacceptable. Discuss. Foundation in nursing essay for Law/Ethics Module

such an action should be punished by death.In more recent times involuntary euthanasia was used in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945 to remove the "undesirable" elements from society, such as the di ...

(10 pages) 672 1 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

An Extended Abstract Defintion of "Power"

tends to corrupt and absolute power corruptsabsolutely.' A good example of this is Adolph Hitler in Nazi Germany. He believed hecould not be stopped and that rules did not apply to him. By being given ...

(2 pages) 55 0 3.0 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Nazi Propaganda During WWII

        A great number of propaganda techniques were used by the Nazi Party during the Second World War to influence many people. The man who was in charge of Nazi ... effort to reach the people. As early as 1925, Goebbels was putting his theory into practice in the Nazi party newspaper, the Volkischer (Peoples' Observer). He made the articles 'short , sharp hyper ... the people (Rhodes 13).        Rallies and demonstrations became a regular part of Nazi Germany after Hitler came to power. They would celebrate significant dates in Nazi history, s ...

(8 pages) 174 0 3.5 Apr/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Nazi Propaganda

ifying specific attitudes and actions. Although propaganda was not new a new phenomena founded in Nazi Germany, never before had it influenced public opinion to the extent that it did. By communica ... pinion to the extent that it did. By communicating ideas that played on the public's emotions, the Nazis justified their military aggressions, the arresting of their political rivals and their system ...

(10 pages) 237 2 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

"Chemical Warfare": lists types and effects of weapons and means of delivery

cases. The clear chemical leaking from the lunch box was an impure solution of sarin. Developed by Nazi Germany in the nineteen thirties, sarin is a nerve agent closely related to organophosphorus in ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

"A Tale of Two Cities"

that they have been given. This includes food, water, shelter, freedom, and life itself. Victims of Nazi Germany realized the importance and value of the above, after many years without them. They nev ...

(6 pages) 96 1 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Eternal Night" - essay describing the difference in Eliezers reactions to the two hangings, in the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel.

horrendous atrocities. He witnessed the daily suffering and death of humans during his time in the Nazi concentration camps. He had grown apathetic to the withering away of mortal life. However, his ... was unique in which the 'angel' was a symbol of his own silent god dying at the merciless hands of Nazi Germany.The God in Night is described as a silent, un-wavered being, impassively gazing down up ...

(3 pages) 81 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Did Hitler Rule a Totalitarian State?

Did Adolf Hitler Rule a Totalitarian State?The government of Nazi Germany was a fascist, totalitarian state. Totalitarian regimes, in contrast to a dictatorship, ... rianism which emphasises the subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state. Nazi fascism's ideology included a racial theory which denigrated "non-Aryans," extreme nationalism ... as not a strong and decisive leader but was in fact merely a figure head and unifying force for the Nazi party and the county itself. He supports his argument by stating that Hitler was easily swayed, ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Swing Kids, which takes place in Nazi Germany.

Swing Kids is an entertaining and interesting film about a different side of Nazi Germany that is overlooked. In the late 30s, many German teenagers rebelled against Nazi youth ... three such "Swing Kids," often attending music clubs at night, and were totally against joining the Nazi party. However, after getting caught stealing a radio, Peter had little choice other than to jo ... the day, and swing kids by night. Eventually, they realize that they can not be mere members of the Nazi party without being parts of it. Thomas eventually becomes brainwashed and turns on all of his ...

(2 pages) 42 1 2.2 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Holocaust Museum.

The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC honors those who died under persecution of the Nazis during World War II. The museum serves as a constant reminder of the atrocities that took plac ... st learn from, so that we may never let a political party gain the control to spread hatred the way Nazi Germany so successfully did.The museum possesses aura of depression, as its walls hold the secr ...

(1 pages) 53 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

A paper about Mussolini.

o Mussolini is a leader that is remembered through time as an evil mind. He was a very open ally of Nazi Germany and he established an ineffective dictatorial government as he continued to criticize t ...

(5 pages) 34 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Holocaust.

nd to call home. Europe was spotted with small burroughs of jewish settlements. The things that the Nazi's did to the Jews would change not only Europe but the world forever.The Jews were coralled int ... led into concentration camps where experiments, mass gassings, and mass burnings were a tool of the Nazi army to rid the world of what they thought was a lesser race. Ruled by the Infamous Adolf Hitle ...

(1 pages) 22 0 1.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Nazi Germany's discrimination against the Jews throughout World War II.

As a result of anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, a system of violent suppression and control emerged that ultimately took the lives of ... other reasons including Christianity's general hatred for Jewry.Jews were often the victims of Nazism. The first Jewish victims of the Nazi era were 8 innocent people who were killed in the stre ... r that, violence against Jews in the streets became common.Violence was an integral part of the Nazi programme... Jews were molested in cafes and theatres, synagogue services were disrupted and an ...

(4 pages) 69 1 3.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Cause of racism.

lion of dollars had been spend, and million of people suffered because of German's ethnocentricity. Nazi Germany thought their culture is superior to others. As a result, they invaded other countries, ...

(2 pages) 67 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Battle of Normandy.

e Battle of NormandyThe 6th of June 2002, marked the 58th anniversary of the Normandy invasion into Nazi Germany by the Allies. This battle is also known as D-Day, and commenced on the 6th June 1944. ... he Allies decided at the conference in the Canadian city of Quebec, in 1943, to take action against Nazi Germany using a large-scale invasion, code-named Overlord, in the spring of 1944. This invasion ...

(2 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Nuclear Droppings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

lin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists notified Roosevelt of the rising efforts in Nazi Germany to purify Uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb (Bellis). It was onl ...

(4 pages) 60 0 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II