Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. This book, "Maus" (mouse in German), took 13 years to create and finish. When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's life through the Holocaust in the form of a comic. ... Later that year, the New York Times reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed. ... Huts were reported to be covered with dead bodies, human excreta, rags and filth. ...

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The seventh chapter concludes the book with the death of Hitler. ... This book is an up to date investigation of Hitler's death. ... This part is not specifically related to the book's main theme. ... This book basically picks up where others have left off. ... Also, the archives contained reports of people who were actually in the Bunker and not simply connected. ...

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He came from a middle-class family that lived comfortably, although he suggested in his book Mein Kampf that his family was poor and his childhood was filled with hardship. ... Hitler's School Report-1905 Adolf Hitler Steyr Realschule 16 September 1905 Moral Conduct 3 Satisfactory Diligence 4 Erratic Religion 4 Adequate Geography and History 4 Adequate Mathematics 5 Inadequate Chemistry 4 Adequate Physics 3 Satisfactory Geometry 4 Adequate Freehand Drawing 2 Praiseworthy Gymnastics 1 Excellent Handwriting 5 Unpleasing Hitler had a poor relationship with his f...

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Henry Ford of Ford Motors also became convinced that Jews were responsible for WW1 and printed the book for seven years in his newspaper the Dearborn Independent, which gave credibility to the idea that the Jews had started the war as a means to gain profit, which in turn only added to the already blossoming idea of antisemitism in America. ... The Wannsee Protocol and the Einsatzgruppen Reports were some of the most influential of these reports which, demonstrated the progress of the concentration camps during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 " (United States Holocaust Memorial ...

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He wrote his views and ideas in his book entitled Permission for the Destruction of Worthless Life, Its Extent and Form, which was published around the 1920's. In his book, he writes about 'living burdens" that translates into German as Ballastexistenzen. ... It was demanded that all the patients in asylums, such as hospitals and mental institutions, be reported to the Reich Interior Ministry. ...

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The LACCHR also reported that the largest number of crimes reported were against African-Americans, Jews, gays, Asians, and Latinos. ... Adolf Hitler wrote a book titled "Mein Kamplo" that translates into "My Struggle." In his book, he writes in great detail his hatred for the Jews. ...

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The LACCHR also reported that the largest number of crimes reported were against African-Americans, Jews, gays, Asians, and Latinos. ... Adolf Hitler wrote a book titledMein Kamplo? ... In his book, he writes in great detail his hatred for the Jews. ...

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According to the book The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution; "this overall control of power by one man of such evil set forth the merciless slaughter of millions (Breitman, 88)". ... But the arrangement was aborted after the first trainload of 1,700 left Germany and Nazi security chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner reported the plan to Hitler, who ordered it halted immediately. ...

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"When every contemporary book people read, every newspaper, every film they see, every broadcast they hear for years on end is permeated with the same spirit, the same propaganda, they are no longer to relate what they see and hear to alternative reports; they lose their judgement"(Winkler 18). ...

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Here is a maths problem picked out of a school book during the Nazi Regime: "A bomber on take-off carries twelve dozen bombs, each weighing ten kilos. ... In these groups, children were encouraged to report any talk against the Nazis and the Third Reich to their leaders, which their families may have said, Lawrence, Eshuys and Guest, (1986:168). ...

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Many Germans had been exposed to Hitler's promises and views in his book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). ... Hitler implemented an elite squad called the Schutzstaffel (SS) that reported solely to him. ...

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At the start of WWII the Minister of Economy for the Swiss wrote a 1000 page book about how the Swiss traded more with the Allies and it also outlined their trading policies and reinforced their neutrality with respect to trading. ... But they visited hundreds of POW camps and reported of them. ...

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During the War, when these countries may have received reports of the mass killings it would have been much harder to take action. ... In 1933, during The Nazi's first few months in power they urged the German people to boycott Jewish businesses, as well as staging a book burning, destroying publications promoting "un-German" ideas. ...

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The great depression of the US not only affected people domestically, but internationally as well. It formed modern government in many countries, made drastic legislative changes, and even spurred a major war for many countries. The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the gre...

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