For a time they lived normal lives. ... At this time Anne was thirteen years old. ... Friends on the outside provided clothing, food and books. ... Anne's diary, which she began shortly before she and her family went into hiding, was discovered by family friends among the books in their hideout. It is an amazingly sensitive and vivid picture of life under unusually circumstances, of the eight people who lived together in such close quarters and of her personal thoughts as she spent the years of her adolescence in this strange environment. ...

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During this time Hawaii was considering relocating it's Japanese communities but they did not because Japanese Americans were Hawaii's major work force. ... During this time the Jim Crow textbook law passed, it said books for black children could not contain information on voting, instructions on how to vote, matters of government, and civic responsibility. Books for black children are kept separate from white children's books because people are afraid of giving white children black children's germs. ... M Garvin stated that the books should be stored separately so white ch...

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The old lecture books were censored by government officials and/or superceded with new books. ... School books had changed dramatically, within a few years. ... I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God.' ... In Hitler Youth camps, members spent a structured, disciplined, time. ... The Nazis attempted to control all aspects of German life. ...

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CONFLICT AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND Oskar Schindler faced many conflicts in his life. ... We know of him through the television, newspapers, books, and by word of mouth through the Jewish people he had saved. ... There are several books about him, many were even written by some of the Jews he saved themselves. ... The society at that point of time was going downhill and almost came to a big crash. ... He risked his life for people he has never even met. ...

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In a time of misery and destruction, Hans represents the need for compassion as seen through his treatment of Liesel, his accounts of accordion playing and his willingness to help the Jews. ... Hans welcomes his foster daughter into his life, as he comforts her because he knows how hard it is for all the abundant change. ... He fearlessly would teach Liesel to read, even if that meant teaching her to read stolen books, illegal, Jewish books. ... The accordion is directly tied to Hans, and by playing it, it further reminds Leisel that Hans is gone, which is hard for her since she's lost s...

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History books often focus on Hitler's cruel treatment of Jews and eventual genocide during World War II. However, there are not many books that reflect how Adolf Hitler rose to power and became the deranged man he was. ... Two significant events changed life for young Adolf when he was just six years old. ... This time of isolation really molded Adolf by allowing him to sit along with his thoughts for a long period of time. ... In many ways, Adolf Hitler had a troubled life. ...

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Both stories express the terror that each individual endured during the same time period. ... Elie contemplates between life and death when he witnesses the bodies being burnt in flames in the crematorium. ... Vladek spent an extensive amount of time building a cellar to hide from the Gestapo. ... The books Maus and Night have both similar and different aspects in their perspectives of survival. ... The books are similar in their determination that was required to survive, without failing. ...

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"A remarkable work, awesome in its conception and execution at one and the same time a novel, a documentary, a memoir, and a comic book. ... Over a periods of time all their rights as human beings were taken from them. ... At this time the Jews were starting to be placed in concentration camps. ... About 80 to 85 percent of Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been killed by this time. ... Hitler knew his power had been defeated, so he decided to take his own life in his Berlin bunker, completely ending the war. ...

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What was life like in the Third Reich? ... I am going to include facts on his impact on education, youth movements, life for women, propaganda and people at work. ... Jews weren't allowed to go to school and children were taught to blame them for a lot of the problems Germany had at the time. ... Life for Women Women didn't really have much choice of what to do. ... All books were burnt unless they had a positive nazi message included. ...

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Growing up in Tonga, I didn't think that the Holocaust really affected me until I read a couple of books, watched some movies, and discussed what we read and watched with other students in the class. ... But every time I returned from the bank, the very first person I took the money to was my mom. To me, both she and my father imitate the Jewish way of life. ... One time I asked my dad why he was paying for their tuition. ... He wanted Rose and her family to always remember who they were and how hard life was in their times "he wanted Rose to remember her heritage. ...

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Leap Into Darkness is a real life story written by Leo Bretholz. Leo spent his teenage years running for his life and trying to survive the Second World War. ... Not only was Leo hunted but he had now put his friend's life in jeopardy. ... Unlike the other books our class has read, this book Leap Into Darkness was the most touching and most real. ... When it came time to be uprooted by the Germans, family togetherness was all the Jews had. ...

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Schindler realizes that he is running out of time and he makes a deal with Amon Goeth to "buy" the Jews. ... He looks back at all of the money that he wasted on parties, and drinking and cars and realizes that each of those items that he spent his money on could have saved one more life. ... I know that I learned from this film, not really about facts about the war or the Holocaust, because I learned those from books and documentaries on PBS. ...

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As a young boy Hitler enjoyed playing Cowboy's and Indians, but books were also a major part of his life, especially stories about wars and the military. ... In 1907, two dramatic episodes occurred that had an effect on Hitler's life. ... "With former army leaders on his side, Hitler felt the time had come for direct action." ... On November 8th, 1923, Hitler's "time for direct action" was about to begin. ... Whilst in prison, Hitler used his time wisely and wrote a book, named the "Mein Kamph," or "My Struggle." ...

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Tragically, the Holocaust has been the subject of many books and movies. ... We can only assume that at this time they were betrayed. During her time in hiding, Anne kept a diary. ... It is Anne's life in her own words as she was growing up in a terrifying time. ... You couldn't do this and you couldn't do that, but life went on. ...

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Most of the SA were soldiers who after the defeat of WW1 found it hard to readjust to public life. ... In fighting other countries the army allowed Hitler to stay in power and gave him time to commit the terrible atrocities. ... Most significantly, he decided it was time to clear the ghettos for deportation into concentration camps. ... He was the head of the SS and one of the most feared men of the time. ... One of my favorite books about the time period is the book of cartoons that Dr. ...

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He was treated well and given access to mail and books. Having a lot of time alone in prison gave him a lot of thinking time, and during this time he began to think about how he would get into power. ... Its aim was to create a truly Nazi state in which the Nazis controlled all aspects of life. ...

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Adolf Hitler's originally goal for life was to be a successful artist. After several family problems and his rejection from art school he decided to take a different path in life. ... Hitler felt that this was the perfect time for him and his party to step in and take over. ... While Hitler was in jail he used his time wisely. ... In May of 1933, Hitler demanded that all books were to be burned. ...

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Wiesel shows the reader the major role that God plays in his life, by starting his memoir with Moche, the beadle. ... Wiesel is a dedicated reader of the Talmud and the Kabbala, highly sacred books in the Jewish religion. During the time of his struggles, he is forbidden to practice his religion as persistently as he would like. ... Wiesel spends most of his time thinking about God. ... Even though his ethics of life are changing, his existence is exceedingly valuable to him. ...

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The life savings of the middle classes and the working classes were wiped out. ... In despair the German people turned to the numerous and varied political parties that come forth during this time of social upheaval who said they had answers to the complicated problems and questions the people had about the economic depression. ... The Reichstag at this time consisted of a total of 491 seats . ... The burning of the Reichstag was a serious insult to the people Hitler used this common protest to get Paul Hindenburg (the ineffective and senile president of Germany at the time) to sign a ...

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By this time Adolf had a young brother who lived until the age of six. ... He extensively read newspapers, pamphlets, secondhand books and information from coffeeshop talk. ... Being gassed during a British attack had a significant impact on Hitler's life. ... He then made a statement that would forever change his life and the lives of people throughout the world... During this time frame, Hitler also created...

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They lived a happy and stable life until they were claimed to be "capitalists and therefore enemies of the people." ... Another book that illustrates the calamity of the Holocaust is Memories of my life in a Polish Village, by T.K. ... "Jewish women and men experienced unrelieved suffering during the Holocaust" and we can understand it better by reading the books that survivors of that horror wrote, sharing with us all they went through (Ringelheim 26). ...

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He has just come through a pretty tough time and is not sure what kind of world he enters. ... But we also know that he may be born in reasonably secure surroundings and still have a disturbed and difficult life. ... At this time the baby continues to feel powerful persecutory anxiety and his attacks upon the breast only make this worse. ... We can, and do slip back into it depending on circumstances throughout our life. ... Because it is here that we spend most of our life caught up in the interrelationships of the mind. ...

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Propaganda in Nazi Germany Pegah Ghassemi English 1 12/11/00 Propaganda in Nazi Germany In the period of time around the Second World War, the German people's heads were infiltered with Nazi Propaganda.. ... Nazi writer Schunzel wrote, "In this land we do not read books. ... He did everything he could to make Hitler look fierce yet reasonable at the same time. ... Goebbels had no doubt in his mind that within no time, the German people would be eating out of the Nazi Party's hand because they would have been fed so much propaganda. Hitler's Party started their prop...

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