He also wrote parts of a book that were later published. ... Eleven years later, Baeck died on November 2. ... If I could travel back in time before Hitler assumed the role of Fuhrer of the National Socialist Party, knowing exactly what I know now about the 12 million people killed in the concentration camps, I would have to let Hitler live. ... In all, 12 million people died in Hitler's concentration camps. ... For the majority of the population they have learned a valuable lesson, as for those out there with that hatred, they will soon learn their lesson from the Holocaust and Hitl...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Two-thirds of Hiroshima was destroyed and 155,200 people were killed by the first bomb, including deaths from radiation within one year (The Guinness Book of Records). ... By destroying Japan, before the Soviets interfere, America would have more control. ... This shows that Truman's decision did not only aim for destruction, but as a warning and a lesson to the Japanese. ... Another 60,000 people had died from their injuries, and radiation. ... I could not worry about what history would say about my personal morality. ...

• Word Count: 1676
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He struggled at first, failing the admission test twice before finally passing it. ... Winston's father died when Winston was only 21 years of age. ... He even took lessons to learn how to fly so that he could understand how they would be used in battle. ... He published a book shortly after named A History of English Speaking Peoples. Churchill wrote in his book The Second World War: The Gathering Storm Vol. ...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hachiya recorded from a colleague related the story of four middle school students who huddled together in the street, and were so badly burned from the blast that they themselves knew that they would soon die. ... What I had believed before was that, like mentioned above, people too close to the hypocenter immediately died, and all others suffered prolonged internal effects later in life, years after the bomb, like tumors or terminal diseases. ... America was responsible for the destruction of his home, and the death of many people that he cared about! ... I received yet another life lesson ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate