The World of Yesterday: The Golden Age
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A five page paper which looks at the Golden Age of the Austrian empire, as described in Zweig's The World of Yesterday, and considers the effect which Nazism and the World Wars had on Austrian culture, and the Jews in particular.
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Three Days Later: Nagasaki
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(5 pp) Four years after 2,400 people were killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor; it has been estimated that 240,000 Japanese were killed in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet the bombing of Nagasaki did not occur until three days after Hiroshima. This discussion will examine the events of that particular explosion and the aftermath in the country, as well as the revisionist historical thoughts, which are occurring today. Bibliography lists 4 sources including 3 visuals of post-Nagasaki after bombing.
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Three Essays: Very intriquing history questions!
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5 pages. In-depth answers to questions regarding nineteenth century Imperialism; extermination camps; and the historian Reilly and his presentation of history text. Includes the way extermination camps were run like a factory assembly line: We learn that the smoke never quit billowing from the huge crematoriums as these doomed people were forced to line up, assembly-style, to be processed to their death. As a historian, Reilly presents the facts in a succinct and highly readable manner.
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Tolerance and Assimilation / The Problems of Jews & The History of Prejudice
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the arguments of Montaigne, Condorcet and Herzl on the problems of prejudice against different races and religions, and evaluates their perspectives in terms of the call for assimilation and tolerance. 4 sources cited.
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Two Questions of World War II
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This 4 page report discusses two specific questions regarding World War II. 1) Considering WWII’s worst excesses -- as exemplified in “Survival at Auschwitz” (Pimo Levi), “The Rape of Nanking” (Iris Chang), and “Hiroshima” (John Hersey) -- what conclusions can be drawn regarding humanity’s capacity to do evil or preserve dignity? and 2) How do American and Russian “contributions” compare when considered in the defeat of Hitler’s forces? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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US RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST
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This 6 page paper discusses the question of advanced knowledge of the crimes against the European Jews before the United States became involved in WWII. Wymann, Gilbert, Laquer, and Novick's books are compared and contrasted on this point, conclusions are drawn and examples given which tend to indicate that the US did have knowledge. Bibliograhy lists 4 sources.
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Victor Klemperer’s Diary -- “I Will Bear Witness”
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This 5 page report discusses the daily life of one German man in Germany, Victor Klemperer, in the years lead to and during the years of World War II. Klemperer was born into a Jewish family but converted to Christianity at a young age. He was also married to a “fully-blooded Aryan.” However, in the eyes of the Nazis he was still as Jew and therefore subjected tot he tyranny and persecution of Hitler’s Third Reich. The details of his daily life and what he and his wife experienced serve as a powerful example of the difficulties a truly “average” German experienced in Germany. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Viktor E. Frankl's "Man's Search For Meaning"
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5 pages in length. The issues behind ethics and morality are critical to defining what meaning truly represents. One who has thoroughly addressed these concepts is Viktor E. Frankl, a remarkable individual who has brought to bear his own interpretation of meaning through his life experiences. In his book entitled "Man's Search For Meaning," Frankl manipulates his time spent in Nazi concentration camps as a means by which to reach deep down within his soul to find a will to live. Indeed, by using such a horrific period as a parallelism for searching out life's meaning, Frankl quite successfully draws in his readers so that they might also readily associate with the way in which he achieved this monumental goal. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Why Did the Nazis Experiment on the Jews?
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This 10 page paper explores reasons why the Nazis experimented on the Jews. The thesis of the paper focuses on Marxism and aligns class conflict with anti-Semitism. Details of Nazi medical experiments are included. Bibliography lists sources.
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Why Nazi Science Ultimately Failed
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This 5 page paper addresses the topic through a look at quantum mechanics. Several aspects about the divide between "Aryan" and "Jewish " science are discussed. History is provided to support the reasons why Nazi science probably failed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Why the Holocaust Happened in Germany
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This 10 page paper examines the Holocaust and other Anti-Semitic movements of the 1920's and 1930's and speculates as to why the mass extermination of peoples happened in Germany but nowhere else. The Nazi party is discussed in depth. Some information on the KKK in the United States is also provided. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Wiesel & Levi / Two Views On The Holocaust
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A 10 page research paper which analyzes the work of the two most preeminent witnesses to the Holocaust-Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi. The writer looks specifically at The Drowned and the Saved by Levi and the Night, Dawn, Day trilogy by Wiesel, and demonstrates that although these two men went through similar experiences, their ultimate orientation to those experiences are extremely different. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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