Bill Coleman recounts his experience as a member of the U.S army airborne division. The WWII Army Airborne Sergeant tells the amazing story of his D-Day jump over Normandy, and the days that followed. The interview discusses American entry into the war in 1944. The interview begins by stating that ...
After the death of Hindenburg, August 1934, Hitler enacted a law the preceding day that combined the offices of the President and Chancellor allowing him to take over as head of state and eventually abolishing the title of President making him Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor. ... But not until the war turned in favor of the Allies and the unraveling of the Nazi genocide of Jews came to light, did Germans protested that they were forced into the Nazi way of life for fear of being persecuted themselves and suffer the same fate of the Jews. ...
The herald of National Socialism'. One of the common misconceptions of Wagner is the idea that he was a spiritual precursor of Hitler. The poet Peter Viereck wrote an essay in 1939 entitled "Hitler and Richard Wagner- in which he argues that "this warped genius- [Wagner] was "perhaps the most im...
The herald of National Socialism'. One of the common misconceptions of Wagner is the idea that he was a spiritual precursor of Hitler. The poet Peter Viereck wrote an essay in 1939 entitled "Hitler and Richard Wagner- in which he argues that "this warped genius- [Wagner] was "perhaps the most im...
In August, roughly 4,000 Jews were seized and sent to a camp called Drancy (it was originally used by the government to intern communists after the Nazi- Soviet pact, and later used by the Germans for British prisoners of war (France and the French 264)). ...
?Describe the main events in Hitler's political career from 1918 to 1922.? When the war ended, Hitler was in hospital at Pasewalk recovering from his loss of vision, Hitler after he was discharged made his way back to Munich. He was still in uniform and still drew his rations and pay from the arm...
In light of the League's incapability, President Roosevelt and then Secretary of State Cordell Hull, invited the representatives of more than 30 nations and 39 private organizations to an international conference at Evian, to discuss the refugee problem. ...
Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible"...
