BRECHT Bertolt Brecht lived through a period of European History which witnessed massive economic, political and social upheavals. ... It was a episode in history whose social, economical and political pressures influenced many artists and writers to become more vocal in their opinions with regard to their political views. ... Brecht was exiled and travelled almost all over Europe, followed by the Nazi's until eventually, via Russia, he reached America. In America, politics again became a theme for Brecht's life and writings. ... I would like to develop a broader understanding ...

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Faced with a temporary improvement of the German economy by the Weimar Republic's ability to secure loans and investments (mostly from America), Hitler was forced to wait until economic conditions worsened to propel his Nazi agenda. In 1929 Hitler finally got his chance, the American stock market crash of 1929 affected nearly every nation in the world and German prosperity soon came to an end as a result of the Great Depression, vast unemployment and hunger that followed. ... During the early period of 1933 - 1939, the Fuehrer conducted purging campaigns of the S.A., political party membe...

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(http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/ch9.htm#war) The United States in the early 1900's were far from in favour of getting involved in European Affairs. ... (Triumph of The American Nation.) The United States was sending war supplies and materials to Great Britain in the early years of the war. ... Germany was very uneasy about American reaction and with a formal note to the American government that all neutral ships will not be shot if they head to a warning of not retreating or resistance. ... As you have read Germany was largely responsible for America's involv...

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If the United States entered the war any earlier the consequences would probably have been worse. ... Why risk going to war, when it is contrary to American policy which most if not all Americans were in agreement with and also including the fact that the American military was not in its best shape. ... The United states would have probably not been as prosperous as it is today if they joined the war effort any earlier because at that time in history America needed a boost to return to its earlier status of being economically stable which Germany and its allies so efficiently provided. ......

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History is usually taught from top down perspective. ... This fear is something that Americans cannot imagine. ... Again it is hard for us as Americans to imagine a situation like this and we should not be such quick judges of other countries repeating history. ... A sense that history never moves on, but circles, raven-like, round and round. ... The younger generation, including many children of the disappeared such as Ivan who was mentioned earlier, has to learn what it is like to live without parents. ...

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My Summary on Schindler's List Oskar Schindler is a German businessman who opens a factory in the early '40s using Jewish laborers from the nearby Ghettos. ... Indeed, this is one of the best films ever made and it stands as a timeless chronicle of what is truly one of the darkest chapters of human history. ... As an American, I have always enjoyed privilege and freedoms which are easy to take for granted. It is hard to imagine if I would have been able to endure what the Jewish people of the late 30's and early 40's went through. ... Many of the examples of genocide th...

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At its height more than 500,000 American forces were engaged with nearly 600,000 German soldiers. ... An important supply link for either side, the German's fiercely attacked it and the American's fiercely defended it. ... The critical points forced the German advance to slow and thus allowed American and Allied forces to pour into the area. ... It was also an achievement unprecedented in the history of war. ... This was where Hitler made his worst mistake as the U.S. made the greatest mobilization effort in history. ...

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Hitler realized early on in his expansionist campaign that Western leaders were too busy dealing with their own domestic problems to pose any real opposition. In the United States, Americans were wrestling with the ravages of the Great Depression. ... Americans were not going to be "dragged" into another war by the British. ... Steel Corporation, was named the chairman of the American delegation. ... Early reports from aerial reconnaissance, returning soldiers, escaping citizens, prisoners of war, neutrals, as well as reports from Polish, Dutch, French and Czech intelligent services...

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Despite a similar history shared by Serbs, Croats, and Montenegrins deeply rooted animosities, which have lead to the outbreak of all out, war in the past decade. ... As we have stated earlier, the Soviets had declared there role in the liberation of Yugoslavia was a major one when this was clearly not the case. ... Using his natural charisma and impressive war record, Josip Tito was able to do what few leader in history have been able to do. ... This country was like many of the utopian communities in America. In the utopian communes of America, there were always people from very differen...

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Early proponents of cloning hoped that this science could be used to create a better humanity. This idea, called eugenics, dominated early 20th Century thought and is concerned with the social direction of human evolution. ... Basic elements of early eugenic belief are still used today in discussions about cloning humans. ... Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and Alexander Graham Bell. ... The Pioneer Fund, an American eugenics foundation, proposed that American pilots should be encouraged to have more children by paying them stipends. ...

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It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. ... This depth was not apparent to pre-invasion German reconnaissance and was key to their consistent regeneration of units in the early stages of the war. ... Early in the war, Stalin's insistence on "last stand tactics" often lead to soldiers' remaining in untenable positions resulting in drastic Russian casualties exemplified in Kiev where 660,000 encircled soldiers were captured. ... In the early stages of the war, Soviet numerical superiority was deceptive, many divisions were criminally ...

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During the course of world history acts of racism and discrimination were inflicted on people of different races for various reasons. ... These groups spread rumors about sabotage creating fear in the public's mind, especially in the early months of the war. ... Americans were afraid that something similar would happen on the West Coast. ... They wrote stories about how Japanese Americans are responsible for Pearl Harbor. ... Negroes have been some of the greatest fighters in history. ...

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Operation Fortitude was appropriately coupled with the largest invasion because it was the largest deception plan in history. ... The only German strength came in it's 352nd Weirmacht division defending the American code named beach, Omaha. ... Three American infantry division assaulted the beaches code named Utah and Omaha. ... In the early morning hours of June 6, the American 82nd and 101st and British 6th Airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to take out any threats inland from the beaches, and to cut off communications and transportation between German troops. ... The...

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Nazism, or National Socialism, was born at the end of World War One. The war had ended on the 11th of November 1918, when Germany had signed an armistice. The myth prevailed that Germany had been "stabbed in the back- by Marxists and Jews. Nowhere was this stronger than in the surviving soldiers, of...

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"These nineteen-and-twenty-year-old enlisted men, free from the restraints of home and culture, thrown together in an all-male society, coming from all over America" joined Easy Company for the honor, thrill, and a little bit of extra money. ... Their early days were filled with long runs up and down Mount Currahee, lectures on basic Army I.Q, and harassment from the arrogant 1st Lieutenant Herbert Sobel. ... As Allied forces race to Hitler's Eagles Nest, American soldiers loot the towns. ... The book is important because it is part of our United States history. ...

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The Romans kicked the Jews out of Rome for failing to worship the Roman gods, and, when Rome converted to Christianity in the early fourth century, the Jews were certainly not welcome to back; they had even been given the name "Christ killers". ... Ignoring the fact that the plague also killed thousands of Jews, enraged and hate-filled mobs slaughtered thousands of Jews in a massacre that would be topped only much later in history by Adolf Hitler#, who would end up being known as the archetype of vicious anti-Semitism. ... However, he was an alcoholic and often beat his wife and children#...

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Due to unresolved anger with the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of dictatorship in Europe, and United States isolation countries around the world took part in history's bloodiest and most widespread war, World War II. ... Italy helping Germany against the Allies allowed Germany to continue its harsh fighting, which otherwise could have been defeated much earlier on.13 When war first broke out in Europe, the people of the U.S. as well as FDR decided to continue in their isolationism and stay neutral. ...

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For a short time after this the Government started to improve again, in 1924 The Dawes Plan was introduced, which gave Germany a loan from America and stated that the reparations could be paid over a longer period of time than was stated in Treaty of Versailles. ... So with an unstable parliamentary government, the people of Germany, who were not very democratic and did not have much tradition or history of democracy for them to look back on, started to vote for anti-democratic parties, such as the Nazis. ... There was already Hitler Youth and The Nazi Students' League, which strongly en...

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The holocaust by the Nazi's is the largest in history. ... After this incident, the Americans withdrew their ambassador from Germany. ... Intentionalists believe that the order came early on in 1941. ...

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In the word s of Norman Birkett, who served as a British alternate judge: it was the greatest trial in history . ... Three of the four allies wanted the Nazi leaders to be executed without a trial Winston Churchill said, They should be rounded up and shot like dog s but the Americans persuaded the other allies that a trial would be most beneficial from a public relations standpoint, so now with the allies agreed the stage for Nuremberg was set. ... The English also put forth documents of planed Nazi aggression that were taken as early as 1934. ...

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He had formulated this strict set of ideas several years earlier, and he consciously followed this plan throughout his twelve years in power. ... Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... As early as that speech given on 13 November 1919, little more than a year since the conclusion of the first war, Hitler was calling for a new one. ... Though he had only a year earlier been f...

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Is it possible for a person to be an accessory after the fact to a crime that was committed twenty-four years before they were born? This is one of the questions that the film "Apt Pupil" asks. But, the film does more than this. It is a thought-provoking film which demonstrates the potential for evi...

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Nevertheless, he gained an interest in history and politics as well. ... He became the most influential factor in the early twentieth century, the innocent teen lost for good. ... These races were anyone who non- European such as Asians , Native Americans, and especially Jews. ...

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The holocaust The Holocaust was a catastrophic, cataclysmic event in history that took place over 55 years ago, but why is it still so important to us today? ... Elie Wiesel's novel Night, is about his own family's struggle to survive the terrifying years of the early 1940's. ...

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