During this time Hawaii was considering relocating it's Japanese communities but they did not because Japanese Americans were Hawaii's major work force. ... During this time the Jim Crow textbook law passed, it said books for black children could not contain information on voting, instructions on how to vote, matters of government, and civic responsibility. Books for black children are kept separate from white children's books because people are afraid of giving white children black children's germs. ... M Garvin stated that the books should be stored separately so white ch...

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The old lecture books were censored by government officials and/or superceded with new books. ... School books had changed dramatically, within a few years. ... I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God.' ... In Hitler Youth camps, members spent a structured, disciplined, time. ... The Nazis attempted to control all aspects of German life. ...

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In order to isolate Jews and Gypsies from the rest of the society and control them, laws were passed to purge these racial groups from almost all cultural life as early as 1933. ... Later on, these restrictions expanded to many other aspects of life, such as playing of Gypsy music because "hard-working German citizens were annoyed by the sloppy bearing of Gypsy musicians who used their music as a cover for begging... Books, newspapers, magazines, and radio, all tried to "educate" the audience about the struggle between the white "Aryan" race and others, and the harms those minority groups had ...

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History books often focus on Hitler's cruel treatment of Jews and eventual genocide during World War II. However, there are not many books that reflect how Adolf Hitler rose to power and became the deranged man he was. ... Two significant events changed life for young Adolf when he was just six years old. ... This time of isolation really molded Adolf by allowing him to sit along with his thoughts for a long period of time. ... In many ways, Adolf Hitler had a troubled life. ...

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Both stories express the terror that each individual endured during the same time period. ... Elie contemplates between life and death when he witnesses the bodies being burnt in flames in the crematorium. ... Vladek spent an extensive amount of time building a cellar to hide from the Gestapo. ... The books Maus and Night have both similar and different aspects in their perspectives of survival. ... The books are similar in their determination that was required to survive, without failing. ...

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Tearing families and their lives apart, they tried to destroy all aspects of Jewish life. The cries most often heard during this time were those of the children. ... He performed special tasks such as distributing books and taking charge of the class in a teachers" absence, all of which seemed like such remarkable achievements at the time. ... Survival had gotten to the point where life was easier living on the street than in the yellow star home he shared with his family. ... Life had started itself up once again in the once thriving city of Budapest. ...

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"A remarkable work, awesome in its conception and execution at one and the same time a novel, a documentary, a memoir, and a comic book. ... Over a periods of time all their rights as human beings were taken from them. ... At this time the Jews were starting to be placed in concentration camps. ... About 80 to 85 percent of Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been killed by this time. ... Hitler knew his power had been defeated, so he decided to take his own life in his Berlin bunker, completely ending the war. ...

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Adolf Hitler's life is separated into two completely different spectrums. The first spectrum, which is relatively dull and not predominantly relevant, is his personal life and actions. However, dull and flat his personal life was, his political life was very intense and direct. ... Hitler described the choice to become a politician as "the hardest of my life'. ... Even the "true sign-, the swastika, had been adorning Stefan George's books for several decades. ...

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Leap Into Darkness is a real life story written by Leo Bretholz. Leo spent his teenage years running for his life and trying to survive the Second World War. ... Not only was Leo hunted but he had now put his friend's life in jeopardy. ... Unlike the other books our class has read, this book Leap Into Darkness was the most touching and most real. ... When it came time to be uprooted by the Germans, family togetherness was all the Jews had. ...

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Such distinctions become blatantly obvious in the books Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt and Into That Darkness, written by Gitta Sereny. ... Because life continued for so long in a state of relative calmness, it aided people in easing any feelings of guilt. ... It is notably ironic, however, that, as Sereny puts it "This, on the second day of our talks, was the only time Stangl acknowledged guilt in a direct way until almost the end" (Sereny 39). ...

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As a young boy Hitler enjoyed playing Cowboy's and Indians, but books were also a major part of his life, especially stories about wars and the military. ... In 1907, two dramatic episodes occurred that had an effect on Hitler's life. ... "With former army leaders on his side, Hitler felt the time had come for direct action." ... On November 8th, 1923, Hitler's "time for direct action" was about to begin. ... Whilst in prison, Hitler used his time wisely and wrote a book, named the "Mein Kamph," or "My Struggle." ...

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Tragically, the Holocaust has been the subject of many books and movies. ... We can only assume that at this time they were betrayed. During her time in hiding, Anne kept a diary. ... It is Anne's life in her own words as she was growing up in a terrifying time. ... You couldn't do this and you couldn't do that, but life went on. ...

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Most of the SA were soldiers who after the defeat of WW1 found it hard to readjust to public life. ... In fighting other countries the army allowed Hitler to stay in power and gave him time to commit the terrible atrocities. ... Most significantly, he decided it was time to clear the ghettos for deportation into concentration camps. ... He was the head of the SS and one of the most feared men of the time. ... One of my favorite books about the time period is the book of cartoons that Dr. ...

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He was treated well and given access to mail and books. Having a lot of time alone in prison gave him a lot of thinking time, and during this time he began to think about how he would get into power. ... Its aim was to create a truly Nazi state in which the Nazis controlled all aspects of life. ...

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Adolf Hitler's originally goal for life was to be a successful artist. After several family problems and his rejection from art school he decided to take a different path in life. ... Hitler felt that this was the perfect time for him and his party to step in and take over. ... While Hitler was in jail he used his time wisely. ... In May of 1933, Hitler demanded that all books were to be burned. ...

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In the science fiction novella Anthem by Ayn Rand, who had been raised in the Soviet Union, a time that the populace was under a system of coerced 'Equality'. ... He endeavors his best to conceal the fact that he was more intelligent than the others, we looked upon Union 5-3992, who were a pale boy with only half a brain, and we tried to say and do as they did, that we might be like them, like Union 5-3992, but somehow the Teachers knew that we were not. (1.18) But it was much more difficult than he could imagine, and eventually he had to elude, discovering books of the old world ...

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This attacked German nationalism and morale reached an all time low for the Germans. ... Hitler promised the people of Germany a better life in which they would be proud to call themselves German. ... In order to destroy any opinions contradicting his own, Hitler burned thousands of books, magazines, historical documents, as well as anything that could potentially harm the prosperity of the Nazi Power. ...

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Propaganda in Nazi Germany Pegah Ghassemi English 1 12/11/00 Propaganda in Nazi Germany In the period of time around the Second World War, the German people's heads were infiltered with Nazi Propaganda.. ... Nazi writer Schunzel wrote, "In this land we do not read books. ... He did everything he could to make Hitler look fierce yet reasonable at the same time. ... Goebbels had no doubt in his mind that within no time, the German people would be eating out of the Nazi Party's hand because they would have been fed so much propaganda. Hitler's Party started their prop...

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