The new duties of the SS were to implement the "Final Solution," which was the extermination of the Jews. ... New arrivals were first shaved head to foot. ... Jews had two triangles making a Star of David. ... Sergeant-Major Otto Moll took great pleasure in making prisoners perform bizarre acts in the hope that they would be spared. ... The Star of David was above the door and a sign reading, "This is the Gateway to God. ...

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"# After selling the estate his mother left behind, he took the money and moved to Munich, Germany in hopes of setting up an art studio. ... Hitler immediately began passing laws that took away the rights of Jews: they could no longer be German citizens, they were not allowed in public without a star of David sewn onto their clothes, and their civil right were taken away. ... Other nations were confused by this and hoped it would turn out to be a hoax, but it was not. ... After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, American declared war against the Axis powers and after four years, Hitle...

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After World War I in 1918, Germany was a nation with political and social problems. ... This meant that Germany was forced to take the blame for causing the war and had to pay for all the war damages; as well as give up some land to France and Poland and was also forbidden to have any submarines or military aircraft. ... One soldier, Adolf Hitler, spoke out against Germany's new government and the treaty. ... After his release in 1924, Hitler had a new plan; to be elected President of Germany. ... A star shines leading me from deep misery! ...

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After highlighting this they have put a caption "Hitler-our last hope" basically saying that Hitler is the only one that can save them. The two cartoons display a different message on them but they are delivering the same one, that Hitler is their last hope. The first one, source A, does not carry the message "Hitler-our last hope" but it does make you think that. ... Not only was Hitler trying to give this message to the world but also the German public, if Hitler didn't have the German public behind him then he could not start or compete in a war. After the First World war Germany ha...

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