The concept of the Volksgemeinschaft was taken from the trenches of world war one where a sense of national unity replaced class division. ... The Nazis introduced polices to increase the number of births of racially pure Germans as the birth rate had been declining since world war one. ... It was designed was to prepare boys for military service and was strong emphasis was placed on physical activity as well as military activities like marching, bayonet drill, grenade throwing, trench digging, map reading, use of dugouts, how to get under barbed wire and pistol shooting. ... The memory of the...

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• Grade Level: High School

After World War II, Roper was sent to Germany by the British government to investigate and verify Adolf Hitler's death. ... By all accounts, Hitler was "a physical wreck" (Trevor-Roper 57). ... In his attempt to show the whole view of The Last Days of Hitler he even included a key map of Hitler's bunker. ... Instead, it mentions a Russian spy who was a messenger in the Bunker and the importance of this man's role during World War I. ...

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His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). ... William Golding's own experiences with a devastated world led in part to the dark picture of humanity painted in his novel. ... During World War II he served in the Royal Navy as commander of a rocket ship. ... For nearly 50 years after World War II, the U.S.S.R. and the United States engaged in a race for arms supremacy. ... Contemporary developments in world politics also played a large part in The Heart of Darkness. ...

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• Grade Level: High School