In the wake of World War One, all countries experienced unprecedented societal change, yet none more so than the newly-established Weimar Republic. Throughout the ensuing Weimar Years, extremely liberalist attitudes and governmental policies were adopted, yet one of the most striking features of the new...
The newspaper article written by Ernst Troeltsch who is voicing his support for the new Weimar Republic has value as it was written by a liberal which means that it is from the opinion of someone who advocates for democracy and is a supporter of...
The Legacy of the First World War The first world war was a global conflict, in which the central powers (which included Germany) fought against the allied powers (which included Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Russia). The allied powers won the war. The...
The Crisis of Modernity: A Historical Overview The first discourse of the crisis of modernity emerged in the nineteenth century, as a response to the growing social, political, and financial issues arising from the Industrial and French Revolutions (Smith, 2005). The formation of the Weimar...
In this essay, we will be explaining the difference in success between these two governments and explaining the differences in their choices, as well as differences in choices and political institutions and policies that have led them to their achievements and demise. We will go...
The Holocaust was one of the largest mass killing of humans ever. Millions of Jewish people were killed at the hands of Nazi Germany. For almost 6 years, the Jewish people were persecuted and thrown into work camps called concentration camps. Unknown to the outside...
Introduction Children have an aura of innocence and carelessness, unless they are a child of war. No matter which side they’re on, winning or losing, the kids will witness something that’s horrible. Both the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and the book, Night,...
Elie Wiesel
Holocaust
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas
The three major themes that occurred in the story, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, are the desire for friendship, boundaries, and the innocence of childhood. To begin, John Boyne explored the theme of friendship by having Bruno wander to the fence of the camp,...
Religion played a role throughout Elie Wiesel’s life. It shaped him into the man he would later become. His experiences throughout the Holocaust continuously tested his faith in God. He often struggled with the problem of evil in the world and would question: “if God...
Introduction Imagine you’re celebrating your sixth birthday with your family. As you are about to blow out your birthday candles, a strange man busts down the door shouting at all of you to go outside. He shoots your father when he questions what is happening,...
The concentration camps are a constant reminder of World War II and the Holocaust. Concentration camps varied in tasks and cruelties inflicted upon the prisoners held there. Auschwitz is the main example of a concentration camp; it was partly owned by the company known as...
The fruition of eugenics began with Francis Galton. The term “good creation” was created to produce an elite group based on genetics. The Nazis viewed the population problem as a biological problem, specifically with the Jewish and Gypsy populations. The Nazi transformation of the medical...
During World War II, prisoners held in German concentration camps were victims to many torturous experiences. The Nazi concentration camps have been historically considered as one of the worst examples that prove how low humanity can fall. Not many circumstances show such overt disregard for...
Throughout World War Two, a number of German physicians, geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists performed torturous and often deadly experiments on thousands of unconsenting concentration camp prisoners. These experiments were primarily conducted to research the survival of military personnel, the testing of treatment and drugs, and...
Introduction In 1920, Germany’s economy began to falter. Germany had been blamed for all that went wrong in the war after World War I. The Treaty of Versailles specified that the German army was reduced to 100,000 soldiers, that they were to pay 132 billion...
For European Jews, the Holocaust was another link in the historic chain of anti-Semitism. The Holocaust was undoubtedly the most disastrous event in Jewish history, but it continued a pattern of persecution that peaked from the First Crusade of 1096 and persisted after the collapse...
The Holocaust: A Historical Overview The Holocaust occurred from 1941 through 1945, taking place in certain parts of Europe and resulting in the genocide of European Jews. With the popularization and growing sentiments of Anti-Semitic canards, the Nazi Party managed to murder just over six...
The 20th century stands out as the millennium that witnessed the greatest upheaval in the global social and political landscapes. The many cases of genocides and wars during this era paint a picture of a conflicted world where the elites unleash a wave of violence...
The Holocaust was the World War ll genocide of the European Jews. It was between 1941-1945. Six million Jews were murdered. During the Holocaust, it was a state-sponsored mass murder and millions of Jewish people were killed. On January 27th, it is a remembrance day...