The incredibly cheap and effective V-1 and V-2s were created, amongst other things. The German Fieseler FZG-76 (V-1) flying bomb had a range of 150 miles, traveling at a speed of 410 mph carrying 1,870 lbs of high explosives. ... More than 5,000 ships from battleships to landing crafts carried, escorted, and landed the assault force along the Normandy coast. ... One leader told his men that there were two types of people that would stay on the beach, the dead and those going to die, so they"d better get the hell out of there and, and they did. ... The General ordered landing crafts carryin...

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To make things more horrid 7,500,000 foreign workers both male or female had slave labor forced upon them. ... They did allow Hitler to gain power and maintain it, so therefore they were responsible for Nazism. ... The soldiers who carried out these hideous acts are also really not to blame because they grew up wit a strong emphasis on authority, with a tradition of unquestioning obedience in family, school, army, church, and the state. ... Most of the men and women who carried out these atrocities were acting under their commanders orders and just doing their job. ... Hitler was the leade...

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All things that we as human beings take for granted, such as water, food, a flat surface to sleep on, and even a semi-private place to relieve ourselves was taken from these people. ... Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. ... If they produced they were kept alive with minimal food and water, and if they did not they were murdered. ... Yes, it is more extreme than any other in the way it was carried out, but I do not want to lessen the pain of those victims from other examples of genocide. ... To begin one's life at the age of 15 ha...

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However, they might not have a choice. ... He did not create the policy, nor did he directly carry it out. ... It is much easier for a middle manager to tell himself he is not really responsible for bad things that are done. ... And they support the bureaucrats in their belief that what they are doing is right. ... To stand up for the right thing is one of the most courageous things a person can do; it takes strength and dignity to do what Anne Frank did for that Jewish family. ...

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So many things happen throughout the Holocaust that many believe that it's not true or just don't even know what had happened. ... America also likes to block out certain things that happened so the country would not look bad. ... The Jews didn't mind too much that they could not buy certain things or do certain activities, as long as no one was getting hurt or being killed. ... Louis ship carrying 930 Jewish refugees was turned away from Cuba, the United States and other countries. ... Many could not believe such stories, but they also didn't deny it. ...

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The factory workers work with everything from food to clothing; things they do not even have in their own possession, force to be so close to life's necessities and yet so far away. ... Anyone who does not acknowledge his sins and instead denies them or carries a deviant opinion of them will be shot immediately"(143). ... Most did/do what they have to in order to survive which can lead to drastic and unsettling situations. ... In the Nazi camps they even went so far as to establish brothels within the camp. ... Within both camps fences, guards were and still are given the right to ...

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The idea behind the principle was to create one single person who could carry out the combined will of the state. ... The Schatzstaffel - guard unit or SS were formed as Hitler's personal bodyguards in 1925, they represented the most loyal Nazi SA. ... These departments had limited success, but mainly they failed. They force educated people, like Albert Einstein, to flee Germany fearing persecution by the Chamber. ... This idea was pinnacle to Gleischaltung, as science was one of the few things, which could argue effectively against National Socialist theory. ...

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These units were taught many torture techniques and operated without any restrictions by civil authority, which meant they could not be tried for any of their police practices. This power and an elitist element to the Gestapo; in which its members knew that whatever actions they took, no consequences would arise. It was with this belief in which the Gestapo carried out the extermination of millions of Jews. ... It is one of those things that is easily said. ...

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After Hitler's success in the elections, Anna, her mother and brother pack up what they can carry on a train with them and head for Switzerland. ... I don't mind things being difficult, like not having any money, and I didn't mind about that silly concierge this morning - just as long as we're all four together... They, including Anna's family, are anxious and concerned, so they decide to move to Switzerland. They stay at an inn in the mountains. ... And so, they are refugees in Switzerland, with no way back home, even if they wanted it, and they would not want it. ...

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They were looking for a scapegoat to blame their troubles on. ... Even knowing that there was a chance they wouldn't survive the journey to other lands, they just wanted the chance to escape from Europe controlled by the Nazi's. ... They were rounded up, shot-down and slaughtered. ... Although these ordinary people could be punished for helping the Jews, they knew that they would not be punished for refusing to kill them. ... Police rounded up as many Jews they could. ...

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They were looking for a scapegoat to blame their troubles on. ... Even knowing that there was a chance they wouldn't survive the journey to other lands, they just wanted the chance to escape from Europe controlled by the Nazi's. ... They were rounded up, shot-down and slaughtered. ... Although these ordinary people could be punished for helping the Jews, they knew that they would not be punished for refusing to kill them. ... Police rounded up as many Jews they could. ...

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It is an ancient symbol meaning many different things in many different cultures. ... Also many Germans were fond of the idea that they were special. ... They should live by the three Ks: church, children and cooking. ... This law gave a newly wed couple 1000 marks, and for each child they had they were allowed to keep 250 marks. ... However in 1943 they were tried for treason and beheaded. ...

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It seems that Hitler did have consistent aims and plans which would be carried out when he came to power. ... But it is a detailed version of how Hitler thought things might go over the next eight years after. ... They felt that the Germans were only reclaiming land, which was theirs. ... Britain and France did little to stop Hitler following their policy of appeasement, which meant they they would concede to Hitler in the hope that he would stop his advance in Europe. ... They pledged to stop Hitler's next advance. ...

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During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy aliens.... The vessel had been turned away by many countries and the last hope they had was to either settle in Canada or the United States, but Canada did not want the Jewish people travelling on the vessel. ... A vital aspect in the plight of the Jewish refugees and the trouble they faced in order to immigrate was the widespread presence of anti – Sem...

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