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Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", 2004.
A discussion and analysis of Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible".
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible", and compares elements of Miller's play about the Salem witch trials with events orchestrated by Hitler during the Holocaust.
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"In Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", the author provides a dramatization of the fanaticism and hysteria generated during the Salem witch trials in the seventeenth century. Miller drafted the play in light of his reaction to the fanaticism and hysteria which he found characterized 1950s America prompted by the fear of communism and the House Un-American Activities Commission hearings led by fanatical anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy. Miller felt both this era in American history and the Salem witch trials demonstrated how fear and..."
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Daniel Patrick Brown's "The Beautiful Beast", 2005.
A book review and critique of Daniel Patrick Brown's "The Beautiful Beast".
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper summarizes, reviews and critiques "The Beautiful Beast", Daniel Patrick Brown's book about the life and crimes of SS-Aufseherin, Irma Geese.
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"Daniel Patrick Brown's "The Beautiful Beast" is a work devoted to the life and crimes of a German woman, known as Irma Grese, who served as an SS-Aufseherin under the Nazi's in Hitler's Germany during the Holocaust. Aufseherin is roughly translated as a matron or overseer of the concentration camp prisoners - a role Grese served with honor and relish. Brown's book traces Grese's life though she only lived until..."
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War and Mass Killing, 2005.
This paper discusses the individual-level factors in war and mass killing.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines what motivates people to kill. The author relate how many people actually take part in mass killing and killing in war. The paper explores specific conflicts and killings.
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"Semelin examines the motives of the individual for participating in mass killings and notes that there are many reasons but most revolve around prestige and looking good in the eyes of ones neighbors friends and coworkers. He looks at the killing of the Jews in World War II often by neighbors or friends or at least fellow countrymen like the Poles and notes that people went along with the tide of what was happening. They justified what they did by believing they were obeying their superiors ..."
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Jews in Poland after WWII, 2003.
This paper discusses the treatment of Jews in Poland after the end of WWII.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 63.95
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This paper refers to treatment of Jews by most Poles during WWII as assisting the Germans locate and kill Jews. The author points out that, although the survival rate for Jews in Poland was only 1 percent, hostility and violence against them marked the post WWII period, including the 1946 Kiel pogrom. The paper cites official anti-Semitic campaigns against Jews in the 1960s.
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"Polish-Jewish relations still remain strained after a turbulent relationship during the ... century. During WWII, the survival rate for Jews in Poland was percent 1 percent. During WWII, Poland was partitioned by Germany and Russia. Stalin .."
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Medical Experiments on Humans, 2003.
A discussion on the Japanese and Nazi human medical experiments executed between 1933-1945.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Japanese and Nazi medical and scientific experiments on human beings without their consent, performed by German and Japanese doctors from 1933-1945. It discusses the German experiments on concentration camp prisoners. It also expands on the Japanese experiments carried out in Manchuria and China, carried out chiefly to support Japanese biological warfare programs. The author expands on the role played by the United States after the War. Finally it discusses the indifference of both Nazi Germans and the Japanese to their victims.
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"This research paper compares and contrasts the medical scientific experiments performed by Japanese and Nazi doctors on human beings between 1933 and 1945. These gruesome experiments were done without the consent of the victims ..."
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"Ordinary Men", 2003.
An analysis of Christopher Browning's book, "Ordinary Men".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses the book "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland", authored by Christopher Browning. It emphasizes the importance of the command structure during the early days of the Nazi regime, which allowed each person to accept only a small portion of the responsibility for any action. The paper expands on the conditions that caused ordinary men like the members of Battalion 101 to explode into homicidal and even genocidal violence.
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"We would all like to think that there is something that separates good people from evil people. We would all like to think that there is nothing that would make us behave like the people that we read about in our history books people who slaughter the innocent ..."
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The Final Solution, 2004.
A discussion on Hitler's final solution.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses Hitler's "Final Solution" and how it almost exterminated the Jewish race in the period of 1933 to 1945. It focuses on the creation of dozens of labor, concentration and larger death camps in Germany, Poland and other parts of Nazi-controlled Europe.
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The Jewish Pale of Settlement, 2003.
A description of the Jewish Russian Pale of Settlement.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper describes the Russian Pale of Settlement, in which Jews were concentrated and separated from the greater Russian society. The historical period examined by this paper is the early 19th through the early 20th centuries. The paper discusses how the Jewish population developed their own unique culture within this enclave. The paper also looks at the survival skills they honed to cope with the anti-Semitism that they continually faced.
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"The Pale of Settlement is a uniquely Russian construction of a separate place and space for Jews. It was officially established by a decree of Czar Nicholas I in April of ... With minor modifications it remained Russian policy until..."
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"Survival in Auschwitz", 2006.
An analysis of the perception of time in Primo Levi's "Survival in Auschwitz".
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines the effects of the "concentration camp universe" on Primo Levi's perception of time and on his writing by presenting a close reading of the first full paragraph Chapter 12, "The Events of the Summer."
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"Chapter 12, "The Events of Summer", deals with the fact that Levi has survived over five months; he is now a veteran of the camp. Levi is fully immersed in the "concentration camp universe." The outside world is all but gone meaning that all confines of the outside world are likewise gone. Levi does not have freedom; he does not have the same attachments to the things that are important outside the camps. Such things as honesty or bathing or everything else that is taken for granted by people not in the position as these men are all but forgotten. Levi no longer identifies with other people. He considers them to be living while he is dead. "
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Different Perspectives on the Holocaust, 2006.
Compares the experience of a Rabbi that lived in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust to that of the secretary of the Jewish Council of Kovno,who lived there during the same period.
1,976 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper compares two different perspectives on the Holocaust, a secular and a religious one. Rabbi Ephraim Oshry and Avraham Tory's accounts of their experiences in the Kovno ghetto are compared on different levels. While Oshry describes more of the religious aspects of being Jewish and living in the Ghetto, Tory describes the day to day events as the secretary of the Jewish Council of the Kovno Ghetto.
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"Rabbi Ephraim Oshry's account of the massacre of the Jews in the Kovno ghetto as told in his writing The Annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry, can be compared to Avraham Tory's account of the Kovno ghetto from his diary Surviving the Holocaust on different levels. On one level we can see how their roles in the community of the Kovno ghetto affected their accounts of the atrocities committed in the ghetto. Rabbi Ephraim Oshry served as a spiritual leader and man of God who instilled faith in the Jews in Lithuania when all seemed hopeless, as Avraham Tory was a more secularized Jew who was a secretary for the Jewish Council of the Kovno ghetto who assisted Dr. Elkes in working to better the conditions of the Jews in the Kovno ghetto. As a result the emphases in their accounts are different. On another level we can compare the two accounts through the different style of writing of each eyewitness. Rabbi Ephraim Oshry compiled his book on Lithuanian Jews after the war, and throughout the book he tells us the way the people in the ghetto perished and survived, which gives us a broader view of the ghetto. Avraham Tory's account is that of his daily diary that he kept during the ghetto in which we have a detailed chronological description of the destruction of the Lithuanian Jews and learn the daily struggles of the people of the ghetto, and especially the responsibilities the Jewish Council faced. Despite these differences in the way the accounts are presented, each account is very detailed in describing when and what happened during each major "Action" or roundup of Jews and is completely consistent with each other."
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Human Dignity in the Nazi Era, 2005.
A look at the implications for contemporary bioethics arising from the Nazi treatment of human beings.
7,812 words (approx. 31.2 pages), 76 sources, MLA, $ 169.95
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This paper examines how the justification for Nazi programs involving involuntary euthanasia, forced sterilisation, eugenics and human experimentation were strongly influenced by views about human dignity. It looks at how the historical development of these views should be examined today because discussions of human worth and value are integral to medical ethics and bioethics. It discusses how social Darwinism was foremost amongst the philosophies impacting views of human dignity in the decades leading up to Nazi power in Germany and how Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory was quickly applied to human beings and social structure.
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Background
Major Influences
Malthusianism
Herbert Spencer
Natural Selection
Hereditary
Eugenics
The Path to Nazi Medicine
Five Beliefs and their Impact on Bioethics
The Nature of Ethics
Human Distinctiveness
Human Gradation
Life Not Worth Living
Survival Of The Fittest
Inherent Human Dignity
Conclusion
References
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"Social Darwinism was foremost amongst the philosophies impacting views of human dignity in the decades leading up to Nazi power in Germany. Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory was quickly applied to human beings and social structure. The term 'survival of the fittest' was coined and seen to be applicable to humans. Belief in the inherent dignity of all humans was rejected by social Darwinists. Influential authors of the day proclaimed that an individual's worth and value were to be determined functionally and materialistically. The popularity of such views ideologically prepared German doctors and nurses to accept Nazi social policies promoting survival of only the fittest humans. A historical survey reveals five general presuppositions that strongly impacted medical ethics in the Nazi era. These same five beliefs are being promoted in different ways in contemporary bioethical discourse. "
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A Holocaust Memoir, 2006.
This paper reviews Abram and Joseph Korn's "Abe's Story: A Holocaust Memoir", a story not only of murderous actions and mass genocide but also a story of survival.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that, after Abram Korn's death in 1972, his son Joseph began compiling and editing his father's writings to be published as a reminder to the world of the atrocities which occurred during the Holocaust and to serve as an example of his father's will, determination and human strength. The author points out that the story relates the survival of Abram Korn, who, during the entire war, was a Jewish prisoner inside various ghetto's, concentration and work camps and the Death March from Auschwitz. The paper relates details of his life during the Holocaust, from the daily life inside the ghetto, which called for extreme patience with extremely long lines to get food, water and even to be buried, to, finally, after many concentration camps, the afternoon of April 11, 1945, when out of the blue, Abram heard singing coming from outside his barracks and soon witnessed German solders being bound together and brought in front of the prisoners, helpless for the first time.
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"In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, Abram Korn, along with many Polish citizens, was awoke by the sound of air raid sirens as Hitler's air force, the Luftwaffe, began their invasion of Poland marking the start of WWII. "Even though the number of injured in this initial attack was relatively small, the bombing foreshadowed a war that would destroy millions of people and would touch uncounted lives with misery" (Korn). Soon after the invasion Abram and his family were deported from Lipno to the Kutno Ghetto."
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Romanies: True Victims of the Holocaust, 2005.
The Romani involvement in the Holocaust is discussed along with their pre-war and post war treatment. Arguments are reviewed regarding their status as true victims of the Holocaust.
5,161 words (approx. 20.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 129.95
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A thorough research paper that discusses the treatment of the Roma (Gypsies) during the Holocaust, and the controversy that surrounds the way they are remembered in the Holocaust. The paper details the Nazi logic leading to the Holocaust, the targets of the Holocaust and the arguments of the debate on whether or not Romanies should be considered true victims of the Holocaust.
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Background
Leading up to the Holocaust
Nazi Logic
Targets of the Holocaust
The Holocaust
Treatment of Jews and Roma during the Holocaust
Post World War Two Treatment
Roma Minimization in the Holocaust
Holocaust Controversy
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"Proponents of Roma exclusion as victims of the Holocaust point to the overall death rates as proof that the Roma were not targeted for total annihilation. Research by Brenda and James Lutz offers an explanation for the discrepancy in the number of deaths. They attribute the difference in death counts to location. Their research has found that in areas under direct Nazi control, Gypsies and Jews were eliminated in equal proportions. The difference in death counts are found in areas that were not under direct occupation by the Nazis. Fortunately for the Roma, the majority lived in such places were the government refused to cooperate in the Nazis plane to eliminate the Gypsies and Jews."
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Lodz, 2006.
A study of the city of Lodz from a Jewish perspective.
1,906 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper gives a detailed Jewish history of the city of Lodz from 1793 through to 1969. The paper provides statistics of the Jewish population and their growing influence on society in all realms of life, pre-war. It continues to give a detailed account of the plight of the Jews of Lodz through the Holocaust and its re-establishment, growth and finally its demise post-war.
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"The first deportations were started in December 1940 and lasted until late June 1942. A total of 7200 men were sent to forced labor camps, most of them never to return because of the harsh working conditions there. Starting January 16, 1942, the deportee's no longer went to work at a labor camp, there were now being sent directly to Chelmno, an extermination camp. In the span between January and May 1942, 55000 Jews and 5000 Gypsies were sent to Chelmno. The Germans forced Rumkowski to create a list of candidates for deportation, he tried to plead with the Germans about how many people needed to be on it, but nothing prevailed. Between September 5-12 1942, a second deportation took place, this time the Germans just took anyone they wanted, not requiring a list from anyone."
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Holocaust Denial, 2006.
Argues that society should vehemently condemn those who deny the Holocaust.
1,577 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper argues that Holocaust denial is just as morally corrupt as genocide, and for one to state that the Holocaust never occurred, is the same as to declare that genocide is morally permissible. A premise consisting of two parts is used in this paper to affirm that society should condemn those who deny the Holocaust. It shows, first, that one must establish the definition of genocide while using the method of comparison, then it can be confirmed that both contexts, ancient and contemporary, are in fact similar. Second, due to generic definition, a link between Holocaust denial and genocide can be illustrated; the paper shows that Holocaust denial perpetuates the same level of immorality as genocide. Therefore, through an analysis of the ethical issues of genocide and Holocaust denial, the controversial nature of ethics is reinforced in this paper.
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"One of the first and most well-known publications denying the Holocaust was a 32-page pseudo-academic booklet originally printed in 1974 in England; it was called "Did Six Million Really Die". The booklet states that the concentration camps were contributions to a sort of "mythology" and it discards the Diary of Anne Frank as a "hoax" and claims Jews were not exterminated but instead emigrated from Nazi Germany by a "benevolent government". (Berg, BBC news) The booklet is an example of Holocaust denial and its publication should not be morally permissible. Many may argue that this booklet is an expression of free speech and to prevent its publishing is morally wrong. However, one must realize that there is a line between free speech and hate speech."
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Re-visioning Fascism in Bertolucci's "1900", 2005.
Looks at an historical re-visioning of fascism within Bernado Bertolucci's film "1900".
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper looks at the representation of fascism within the film medium of "1900". The paper looks at how films re-vision historical events and themes through close analysis of the portrayal of fascism in the film. The paper looks at Bertolucci himself, his views and beliefs and whether or not he challenges or advocates historical myths and assumptions.
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"Bertolucci was born in Parma, Italy in 1940. His father encouraged his love of film, being amongst many things a film critic, and history professor , while his mother, whom Bertolucci described as "the most mysterious person in my life" , played a rather remote role within the family. Bertolucci has created a number of films, many enjoying commercial and critical success. Bertolucci's films often make political comments, furthermore 1900, despite being funded by two major American film companies ironically displays communist sentiment. 1900 re/visions the class struggle between the peasants and the landowners within 75 years of Italian history. This is captured within a four and a half hour long 'epic', exploring the relationship between two boys born on the same day from different class structures and foregrounding the rise of fascism and socialist resistance in Italy. Arguably film is the chief carrier of historical messages , being more accessible than novels or history books. However, film is perhaps the most problematic means of historical representation. Hollywood films attempt to make profit, thus they strive to entertain, win awards, and to a much lesser extent educate. 1900 is not a Hollywood film, and despite having big name actors , the film by no means follows typical Hollywood conventions. Historical films 're/vision' history; they transcend the 'linear, analytic and scientific' , and often move beyond absolute realism. They provide a vision which is subject to the value systems and motives of the filmmaker and the period in which the film was made. Through close examination of 1900, Bertolucci's revisioning of the understanding of Fascism is clearly displayed."
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Using Nazi Unethical Science, 2006.
This paper discusses the ethical question of using the medical information conducted by racist Nazi Germany.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that the ethicacy question is, that, although the means by which the science conducted during World War II by Nazi Germany is now considered unethical, the data produced is valid and should be available for analysis because the Nazi research, which was derived from human experiments, offers an unprecedented authenticity. The author points out that some people argue that, since the unethical crime had already been committed, the data should be used because its scientific merit is irrelevant to the manner in which it was obtained; whereas, others contend that the use of the tainted data is morally degrading to the victims of the Nazi-sponsored science. The paper concludes that this data should be used to improve the quality of human life only after paying respect to the victims and prolonging the memory of these events.
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"The Nazi sponsored science encompassed a wide range of fields. Research on diseases such as malaria, gangrene, sulfanilamide, tuberculosis, and wound and poison effects were heavily pursued. Josef Mengele, a scientist, worked closely with twins, as he would often infect one with a deadly disease, and upon the arrival of death, murder the other and compare the organs of the twins. Many medical experiments were conducted to try and improve the survival of German pilots in the Luftwaffe (air force). These tests included prisoners being subjected to high heat, high-pressure as well as low pressure, and freezing mixtures. Often the inmates were tested "until they expired." The particular scientific endeavor that I will be focusing on is the Dachau hypothermia experiments led by Sigmund Rascher. The experiments were designed to find the most effective order in which to re-heat pilots who had crashed in the North Sea."
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The Holocaust, 2005.
This paper is a literature review to assess the way gender differences affected the victims of the Holocaust.
2,390 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper examines the assumptions that (1) Holocaust victims received differential treatment based on gender (2) gender differences affected the victims' overall survival skills and coping mechanisms and (3) the unique hardships of each sex ultimately affected how they experienced the Holocaust. The author points out that Nazi policies, which stemmed from Hitler's racist and sexist ideologies, emphasized punishing Jewish women specifically for the crime of spawning the "anti-race" and humiliated them by forcing the women imprisoned in concentration camps to exist in tattered clothing, which barely covered their bodies. The paper concludes that gender variances experienced by victims of the Holocaust, help to better understand that, though all people are equal, gender does influence the type and the extent of treatment received from oppressing forces such as the Nazis.
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"Aside from the variances in the types of violence men and women were subjected to, there roles within the ghettos and concentration camps often differed. Men were more likely to be deported to labor camps; the women typically lingered behind in the ghettos and struggled to carry on with domestic duties while attempting to secure enough food for the children, before they too were moved to concentration camps. Many women who were believed to be working against the best interest of the Third Reich were immediately executed rather than deported along with the men.Throughout this period of time, women also served as couriers and liaisons in resistance operations."
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Josef Stalin and the Birth of Soviet Russia, 2002.
A personal account of the rise of Josef Stalin and the effects on the Polish people through a first-hand, personal interview of a gulag survivor.
5,000 words (approx. 20.0 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 126.95
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A detailed paper that outlines the history, rise, fall and death of Josef Stalin in Soviet Russia. It contains the first-hand account of capture and imprisonment in a gulag by the author's grandfather, a Polish citizen at the time.
Paper Outline:
The Man
The Ascendance
The Terror
The War
The End
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"Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili was born December 21, 1879 in Gori, Georgia; a small agricultural town situated about one hundred miles east of the Black Sea. Iosif was the son of an alcoholic cobbler and a pious peasant woman. He grew up with no siblings, because the families' first three children had died shortly after birth. Consequently, young Iosif was treasured by his mother who made great sacrifices throughout her life for him. An extremely hard-working woman, Yekaterina Djugashvili worked as a domestic servant to augment her husband's meager earnings. However, even the parents' combined incomes were not enough to keep the small family above the poverty line."
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