ORDINARY MEN In the book Ordinary Men I will be attempting to give my viewpoints on what the book conveys about the Holocaust in Poland and how the Nazis organized and carried out the destruction of Poland's Jewish population, and where they found the manpower necessary to carry out the murders. ... I agree with the author about how a group of "Ordinary Men" could become mass murderers. ... The only downfall here is some inaccuracy of information because it does give sources in personal testimony of people being accused of war crimes. ...

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These choices, in turn, placed these countries and people into one of four categories: perpetrators, bystanders, resisters and rescuers. ... These people may have been driven to act as they did for a number of reasons; whether out of fear or out of blind obedience, as is often the case, with many Nazi Party officials claiming to have simply been "following orders ". ... Source 13, a photograph of Jews being forced to scrub the streets by Nazis whilst crowds of people looked on is a perfect example of bystander behaviour. ... Motivated by a sense of moral conviction, these groups or individuals...

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The Abuse of Power Many people remember the year 1933 as the year that Hitler began his reign as dictator of Germany. ... With his uncontrollable power and great respect from the German people Hitler could literally do whatever he desired. ... He let the power which was given to him go to his head, convincing himself that he was the greatest person on the planet stating, "There are some truths which are so obvious that for this very reason they are not seen or at least not recognized by ordinary people,"(Hitler, 487), meaning that he knew everything that the res...

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The Jews In some respect I understand the people denying the Holocaust. ... Why would one people commence hating their neighbours in such a manner? ... What made the average German man lift himself to a higher rank than the Jewish man and how could ordinary Germans co-operate with Hitler's genocide in such a mind-numbing manner? ... The crimes are so inhumane that is hard to understand how ordinary people could take part in the shootings, gassings and deliberate starvation of innocent human beings. ... The fact that ordinary law obeying people could be induced to combine forces with the ...

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As it is an extremely interesting subject many scholars, historians, writers and ordinary people have taken the time to look back and ask the questions of Nazi Germany. ... Gellately writes this book in concern of how people could carry out the inhumane orders of there leaders. ... Gellately suggests that in his book that the ordinary Germans were already willing to act against those who they thought were making ill of society. ... The book tells about the Nazi's use of propaganda, policies, policing and image as a way to influence people and the enemies from within. ... It's ...

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The new trend of the time was to build large structures that could hold large masses of people, hence bring people together. ... An article from a September edition of the New York Times discusses Nancy Talbot and her out of the ordinary modernist home. ... Its purpose is to act as a centralized location for lots of people to congregate. ...

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In conclusion, the poet was trying to say that Jews are very unfairly treated, and they have no opportunities compared to "ordinary" people. ... Even though it's been about 75 years since this poem was written, it is still a current issue in today's society, as discrimination is a problem that many people face. There have been some changes, yet some people are still being discriminated and treated with prejudice. ...

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