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The Nazi Occupation of Poland and France, 2007.
This paper examines WWII and the differences in the way the Nazis treated their subjects after their invasions of Poland and France.
3,315 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper stresses that many of Germany's policies in both Poland and France during the occupation were similar as far as the Jewish population was concerned; however, the people of France clearly showed more willingness to cooperate with these policies than the Poles, despite the fact that Poland had a much larger Jewish population, in both numbers and per capita, than France. The author further points out that the Germans systematically destroyed the economy of Poland for the solitary purpose of helping the German war effort; whereas, the Germans gave many resources to the French economy to help reestablish it after the devastation from WWI. The paper relates that, in the sphere of government, France was given autonomy through the Vichy government, whereas the Poles, seen as nothing better than pack animals, barely more worthy of life than Jews, were given no such autonomy.
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"One of the first actions of the German administration of Northern France was to try to make the region economically stable again. This was not done out of the goodness of the Nazis' hearts, but rather because France could become a valuable factory for war material and food. This area of France was also where the proposed invasion of Britain, "Operation Sealion", was to be launched. The iron, steel, and other natural resource industries were nationalized in order to give the Germans better control. In order to try to prevent wartime inflation and shortages, price controls were instituted."
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"Man's Search For Meaning" and "Warriors Don't Cry", 2004.
A comparative analysis of the books "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl and "Warriors Don't Cry" by Melba Pattillo Beals.
849 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper discusses how the books "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl and "Warriors Don't Cry" by Melba Pattillo Beals are comparable on many levels. It looks at how both deal with oppression of a group of people because of religious and/or ethnic differences. It examines how Frankl's novel is a recollection of his experiences in the Nazi Death Camps during World War II, and how he found a way to survive not only physically, but mentally as well. It also looks at how "Warriors Don't Cry" is about Beals' experience as one of nine black children to be integrated into Central High School in 1957 and the persecution that she and her fellow classmates faced.
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"When the school year ended for Melba, as well as when the prisoners were liberated from the camps, happiness was not all of the sudden restored, but it was an emotion that had to be relearned in both situations. On page 310 in Warriors Don't Cry, Beals states, "It would take years of sorting out my Central High experience before the pieces of my life puzzle would come together and I could make sense of what happened to me". The trauma that Melba and her fellow black peers had experienced robbed them of all emotion that could be connected to the situation. In order to stop the pain, they blocked out feeling all together. "
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Auschwitz, 2007.
A description of life in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1,785 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This essay provides an overview of the history of Auschwitz. It takes the reader through the process from the prisoners' arrival by train to their eventual means of extermination or liberation. The paper describes the different groups into which the prisoners were split and their fates.
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"On October 7th, 1944, a group of inmates came together during an uprising, taking SS guards by surprise using makeshift weapons of stones, axes, hammers, and homemade grenades. They overcame the SS guards and blew up a crematorium with smuggled explosives. Hundreds of prisoners ended up escaping, but were recaptured and executed promptly. This revolt, although the most effective of all attempts, still did not liberate any of the prisoners."
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Jewish and Christian Writings on the Holocaust, 2006.
A comparison of Emil Fackenheim's book on the Holocaust, "God's Presence in History, Jews Affirmations and Philosophical Reflections" with that of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book on the same topic, "Letters and Papers from Prison.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper briefly compares and contrasts the perspectives on the Holocaust of Emil L. Fackenheim and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fackenheim's essay, taken from his book "God's Presence in History, Jewish Affirmations and Philosophical Reflections", is written from the perspective of a Jew who lived through the experiences of the Holocaust. Bonhoeffer's "Letters and Papers from Prison" is written by a member of the Christian community with an indirect, intellectual connection to the Holocaust.
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"The study of the Holocaust is in part the study of history's treatment of the Jewish community. Jews have traditionally been subject to isolationism, and there are a large number of persons active in theological studies who suggest that this isolationism has been extended at times to take the form of aggressive persecution. This latter perception of Judaism often draws upon noteworthy events to make their case that Jews have suffered as a result of their adherence to their faith; the Holocaust is one event that is effective in illustrating these themes as it is a comparatively recent occurrence and the depth of crimes committed against the Jewish community during this time are both serious and numerous. This paper shall compare and contrast the perspectives of Emil L. Fackenheim and Dietrich Bonhoeffer."
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An Analysis of Browning and Goldhagen, 2006.
An analysis of the work of Browning and Goldhagen regarding the role of the German military police in WWII.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper analyzes the books 'Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland' by Christopher Browning and 'Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust' by Daniel Goldhagen in order to understand the different scholarly interpretations of German military police during the Second World War. The paper discusses how both historians examined the motives and conduct of German military police personnel, cited primary source evidence they believed supported their interpretations of German motivations and actions, and provided important insights regarding psychological and operational aspects of the Holocaust.
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Pope Pius XII, 2006.
Examines the role of Pope Pius XII in regards to the Jewish Holocaust of World War II.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper analyzes the Holocaust history before during and after the Second World as well as the policies of Pope Pius. Although Pope Pius XII was able to give clandestine help to a small margin of Jews that were being attacked and killed by Nazis, there was no determined effort that offered humanitarian public support for what Hitler was doing during the Holocaust.
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"By researching the various speeches and other formal Roman Catholic policy in relation to Pope Pius, one can realize the often negative non-compliance in preventing the mass murder of Hitler's regime. By observing the 'neutral' stance of the pope while these atrocities occurred, the basis for supporting Hitler's actions against the Jewish population seems well founded."
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Universal Declaration of Rights, 2006.
A discussion regarding the history of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Rights.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Rights focuses on the rights of human beings in all countries regardless of their political of societal concerns. According to the paper, the fundamental principle that seems to be evident in the document is that all people in every country are entitled to be respected as human beings. The rights that are given to people through this document are rights that are basic but that have historically been ignored throughout history. The paper further discusses the history of this document, stating that it is a direct result of the holocaust. National leaders banded together to create the document as an assurance that such a horrific event would not occur again in history. The 1948 document of the United Nations, therefore, is a reminder that human beings should always be treated with dignity in every respect.
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Racism and Borowski and Hemingway, 2005.
A look at the theme of racism in the short stories of Tadeusz Borowski and Ernest Hemingway.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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Two short tales are examined, "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentleman" by Tadeusz Borowski, and "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway and the paper offers a social comment on racism. The characters presented must undergo crucial events that define the social problems being implemented between racial divides. The paper looks at how the outcome of death and guilt are the common result of the shame that is constructed through racial domination that devalues life to the lowest common denominator.
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"The theme of racism is important within the events that impart a comment on society within the short novel: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentleman by Tadeusz Borowski and the short story: "Indian Camp" by Earnest Hemingway. By analyzing how racism affects the main characters in these stories, one can understand how tragedy, guilt, and death often ensue due to the pain of racial alienation in these short stories. In Borowski's This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentleman the numerous events of guilt due to surviving the gas chamber at an Nazi death camp impart a stern racism to Jewish people."
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Seventh Cross, 2005.
A review of "The Seventh Cross' by Anna Seghers.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses the novel "The Seventh Cross" by Anna Seghers. This is an account of the Holocaust where Seghers presents two extremes: the inhumanity and depraved brutality versus the courage and compassion. The two main characters in the book also represent these extremes and the paper explains this in-depth.
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"In The Seventh Cross, Seghers presents the two extremes of the Holocaust: the inhumanity and depraved brutality even to the use of crucifixion of the Nazi regime, versus the courage and compassion of common German citizens which enable them to overcome the Gestapo. Wallau and Zillich also represent those two extremes in terms of ideology, attitudes, and moral outlook. The biographies, attitudes, and perspectives if those two men logically and inevitably lead to the outcome. The paradigmatic function of these characters is centered in..."
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"Jacob the Liar", 2005.
An analysis of the literary style in the Holocaust book of Becker, "Jacob the Liar".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper analyzes the book "Jacob the Liar" written by Becker. The paper describes the way in which Becker employs the use of serenity, irony and humor to describe the Holocaust, in the novel. The paper first analyzes the criticisms directed at Becker for his choice of style and then addresses whether those criticisms are justified or whether the Holocaust experience can to be understood in terms other than what is expected.
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"Criticisms of Jacob the Liar for its Serenity, Irony, and Humor Introduction The tone of Jacob the Liar presents a problem and has been the subject of criticism by readers who have objected to the book's perspective and tone as being inappropriate in a treatment of the Holocaust. The first question that arises is why Becker, a Jew and himself a Holocaust survivor, would choose techniques of humor, irony and serenity."
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"The Investigation", 2005.
An analysis of the play "The Investigation" by Peter Weiss.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses how "The Investigation" is Weiss' dramatic version of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials held from 1963 to 1965, which he attended. The paper details how he used the actual testimony of survivors from Auschwitz to transform the literal truth of the witnesses' testimonies into the imagined truth of Auschwitz. The paper explains how the rationale for this is to permit the spectator to enter into the landscape of Auschwitz.
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""Auschwitz was a web of concentration camps and sub-camps [with] installations of torture, pseudo-medical experimentation and execution, but most of its inmates were exploited as slaves" (Luke 32). Physical survival was difficult, let alone resistance."
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War Crime Tribunals, 2005.
A history of war crime tribunals, from Nuremberg to the present.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 15 sources, $ 178.95
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The following paper examines the development of war crime tribunals over time, from the Nuremberg trials to the present manifestations. The paper traces the continuity of the laws during the period in question and examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various tribunals that have emerged in the last six decades. The paper concludes by noting the future is fraught with difficulty - but also promise - for these tribunals.
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"In the past century, humanity has borne witness to some of the most gruesome and disturbing acts of barbarity in recorded history. It is because of these acts, and because of the troubling prospect they may occur yet again, that civilized society has seen the need for the creation of war tribunals to both punish iniquitous leaders and to educate future generations on the evils of which men and women are capable. With this in mind, the following paper will examine the history of war crimes tribunals from the present with special emphasis being placed upon the law behind the tribunals, why these tribunals were established, the problems encountered in creating them, the advantages and disadvantages inherent in them and the future that appears to belong to them."
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"Seventh Cross", 2005.
A discussion of the movie "Seventh Cross".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper analyzes the movie "Seventh Cross". The paper discusses the characters of Zillich and Wallau. The paper discusses their differing attitudes: Wallau was certain that the structure of the world held firm and would continue to hold firm regardless of what struggles might come; Zillich lived a self-fulfilling prophecy that the global structure was unreliable. The paper further discusses how the entire Nazi movement was, unlike communism, a revolt against Western civilization, reasoned discourse, and human rights.
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"Serve their Paradigmatic Function Zillich and Wallau are similar only in that both are doomed; they differ radically in attitude. In the last moments of his life, Wallau was certain "that the structure of the world held firm and would continue to hold firm regardless of what struggles might come" (Seghers 294). Zillich lived a self-fulfilling prophecy that the global structure was unreliable. At the same time, Zillich exemplifies the bureaucratic efficiency and brutality of the Third Reich. He represented the entire Nazi movement which, "unlike communism, was a revolt against Western civilization, reasoned discourse, and human rights"."
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The Holocaust, 2005.
An overview of Wolfgang Benz's arguments for the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper examines the argument of Wolfgang Benz about the legal framework that was passed in Germany leading up to the Holocaust. In particular, it notes how Benz explains the rise of National Socialism and the policy they instituted leading to the Holocaust in terms of the institutional mechanism of the Third Reich's systematic legal implementation of laws to legitimate the structural dehumanization of the European Jewish community. It also looks at how Benz explores this legal framework in terms of a number of developments in the law in Germany beginning in the early 1930s and continuing into the war.
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"The European Holocaust of the twentieth century represents both a singular event in the course of modern European history and a significant global event of the twentieth century. The complexity of such a historical event, such as the bureaucratic and technological administration of extermination, has made this particular historical moment one of the most difficult to understand and comprehend. Nonetheless, a thorough understanding of the historical documentation can only assist us in coming to comprehend one of the most barbaric moments in modern human history. Wolfgang Benz explains the rise of National Socialism and the policy they instituted leading to the Holocaust in terms of the institutional mechanism of the Third Reich's systematic legal implementation of laws to legitimate the structural dehumanization of the European Jewish community. "
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"The Informed Heart", 2005.
A review of psychologist Bruno Bettelheim's "The Informed Heart".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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In the second half of the twentieth century Bruno Bettelheim came to be known as an expert in the field of child psychology. This paper examines how before his suicide in 1990 he made groundbreaking strides in the treatment and understanding of emotionally disturbed and autistic children. It looks at how in his book, "The Informed Heart", which is part memoir and part analysis, Bettelheim takes a close look at what the psychological aspects of being a holocaust survivor as well as how they factored into the lives of those imprisoned.
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"Bent" by Martin Sherman, 2005.
This paper reviews and discusses the book "Bent" by Martin Sherman, a story of homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the play, 'Bent' and its historical significance. It further discusses elements within the script which evoke emotions and which are controversial in nature, yet necessary in relaying the event of the story. The play serves as an education to the world in the treatment of homosexual men in Nazi Germany during the 1930s, and allows the audience into the suffering of these 100,000 men who have been ignored for decades.
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"The play, Bent, by Martin Sherman, is one which tells a story that has been little known to the world for decades. It depicts the lives of homosexual men who were forced into concentration camps, and who endured lives of fear and suffering by Hitler, and Nazi Germany. As the world recalls the horrors that Hitler inflicted on the Jews, this issue is one that received neither public condemnation, nor acknowledgment until the play was produced. While Bent is an important statement on the historical world of our society, it is also filled with moments that engage the audience in emotions that are universal in their impact. The main character, Max, is a self-centered man who has no respect for himself, nor anyone else in his life. "
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The Nazi SS, 2005.
An analysis of the operations of the Nazi group known as the SS.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines the history and missions of the SS. SS units such as the Leibstandarte became Hitler's most effective fighting units for they were the most ideologically motivated and the best equipped divisions in the German military. The paper shows that like all SS units, the SS Leibstandarte had originally been formed as a one hundred twenty man personal bodyguard for Hitler and guarded him at the Nuremberg rallies.
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"On September 1, 1939 Adolph Hitler unleashed the overwhelming and terrifying military might of the German Luftwaffe and Whermacht upon Poland. Over the next few months Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and France were also attacked and conquered. And in 1941, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Russia were invaded. All of this was done with the fervent and overwhelming approval of a great majority of the German people, tens of thousands of whom took a direct role in establishing the lethal infrastructure of Hitler's Final Solution, which was operated by Heinrich Himmler's SS. One the war began the original security role of the SS was expanded. In addition to being in charge of security, the SS also began to provide elite combat units."
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Anne Frank, 2005.
Analysis of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper shows how life is difficult for Anne Frank, a lonely Jewish girl, who goes into hiding with her family to be safe from Hitler and grows into a mature young lady with keen insight into her family's feelings of fear and frustration. It presents an analysis of the diary that Frank kept during her period of hiding.
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"I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support" (Frank 1). Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family to hide from Hitler's army. The story begins with Anne Frank having a birthday party where she receives her diary. Frank loves the diary because she will be able to use it to express her feelings. "
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Self vs. Others in Nazi Nationalism, 2005.
Presents an understanding of 'self' versus 'others' within the framework of Nazi nationalism.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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In this paper, the theme of self versus other through national identity is important through the Nazi example due to the horrific genocide that was aimed toward the Jewish peoples. History has developed along these lines in understanding the dangers of fascism or dictators that pose as socialist or democratic institutions. This paper shows that by understanding the dangers of governments that govern with extreme reactionary differentiation toward minorities, one can realize the scope of the Nazi Party and its evolution over the 20s, 30s, and onward into the genocide of the 40s.
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"The aim of this study is to present an argument for the development of Nazi nationalism that developed over a time line of the late 1920s and into the 30s. The development of psychological propaganda was critical in how the Nazi Party developed from a Socialist platform in regards to the evolution of a nation state in the 20s. In this manner, the theme of self versus others becomes the dictates of a national identity through race and economic political objectives in the 1930s. By understanding the basis of self (the national identity) and the others (Jews and other foreigners), the theme of identity through Nazi nationalism becomes the basis for realizing the evolution of the Nazi Socialist Party into a fascist regime into the Second world War of the 1940s."
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