These arrests forced them to start an Underground Church which met secretly. Even though they met secretly, they were still very bold about sharing the Gospel on the streets. One Sunday on February 29, 1948 Wurmbrand was on his way to church when he was stopped by the secret police, shoved into a van, and taken captive for more than eight years. While he was captive, his wife was visited by secret police who told her that they had attended his burial. ...

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One person or an elite few who share similar views are usually in charge of the state and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. ... A form of a secret police force keeps the populace in check and terrified to rebel. ... All totalitarian governments employ a secret police to keep the people of the state under control. ... The secret police of 1984 are known as Thought Police. ... A form of a secret police force keeps the populace under control and terrified to rebel. ...

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These derelict areas became known as ghettos and harbored death, starvation and disease, often without running water and adequate amenities with numerous families being forced to share single rooms. ... He states that "we have Remained Naked but as long as that secret power is concealed within us, we shall not yield to despair". ...

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Therein lies the secret of absolute power- (Rapoport 1989) Has this method been used by most of the well known bloodiest dictators in history? ... Of the many influential leaders whose dictatorship soaked in blood no only their countries but the world it self, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini share such ruthlessness and hideous crimes in the annals of history. ...

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Other concepts of Democracy include responsibility, participation, opportunity and leverage, which means obeying laws, respect for other people's rights, sharing, taking action, voting and cooperation. ...

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Italy established a secret police force in the form of the OVRA, Germany established the Gestapo. ... One element shared by all fascist movements, racialist or not, is the apparent lack of consistent political principle behind the ideology political opportunism in the most basic sense. ...

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Hitler: Ein Verruckt gemachtes Psychopath "The soul and the hour meet each other. What is given to us, we have to do." These were the comforting words by world-renowned rabbi and concentration camp survivor at Theresienstadt, Leo Baeck, who was known as "The Pope of German Jews." Baeck realized i...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...

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Introduction The genesis of World War One was controversial and was shrouded on confusion. Pinpointing exactly the political origins of the war is a still discordant issue even after all these years, however no one can deny that the facts are still there. While going into the background, history, a...

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