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?Schindler's List?, 2002.
A review and analysis of the historical accuracy of Steven Spielberg's movie, ?Schindler's List?.
3,022 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the film, "Schindler's List," directed by Stephen Spielberg in 1993. Specifically, it contains an historical analysis and review of that film. "Schindler's List" is the moving story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who took it upon himself to save a "list" of Jews by employing them in his cookware factory, rather than see them sent to the concentration camps. It looks at how critics call the film part docudrama and part fiction, emphasizing the historical aspects of the Jewish ghetto in Krakow and the concentration camp at Auschwitz and how,filmed in black and white except for the end and the girl in the vivid red coat, the film is a stark reminder of the atrocities of the Nazi party, while illustrating there are always people willing to risk their lives for the lives of others.
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"Many historians and authors discussing the Holocaust believe only those who managed to survive the horrible conditions of the Nazi concentration camps are in fact qualified to write about what happened during those terrible times. Many writers and directors have attempted to tell the story of those who lived and died, but several maintain that the accounts by survivors are the only ones which accurately depict the ultimate evil of the Nazis and their policies of elimination for Jews, and anyone who did not belong to their blonde and perfect "master race." One of these writers is Michael R. Marrus, who wrote "The Holocaust in History," which discusses in depth the historical aspects of the Holocaust. Since Spielberg also interviewed many survivors of the Holocaust, his film does tend to accurately portray the experiences of Jews in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and in the Poland ghetto of Krakow."
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 2002.
A look at what might have happened if the Warsaw Ghetto uprising took a different turn.
1,321 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper details the events of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and discusses what might have happened had it turned out differently. The writer explores the events and their impact, as well as the idea of it turning out differently, and how that would have impacted the war and the world.
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"The Holocaust was arguably the most tragic event of the modern world. It was a time in which one man and his regime wreaked immeasurable pain on millions of individuals and their loved ones. It was a time when entire populations turned to a regime willing to commit mayhem and murder rather than find their way out with a different solution. It was a lesson that will never be forgotten, however, among the anger, emotions and tragedy there is proof of the strength of human hearts and motivation. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is an example of just how strong the human spirit is and its existence provides the world with the knowledge that man will not be defeated regardless of the powers that may try and do so."
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Hitler's Rise to Power, 2002.
Examines factors in Adolph Hitler's life and personality that contributed to his rise to power as Germany's dictator.
3,414 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 57.95
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Adolph Hitler is undoubtedly one of the most important historical figures of the 20th century. During his reign in Germany as a dictator, he made a tremendous impact on the events that happened on the European continent. His tyrannical rule, which surprisingly, had the support of the majority of the German people, coupled with his imperialistic notions, created a new chapter in European history. The paper shows that the intriguing aspect of Hitler?s life is how he managed to rise from, literally, an unknown person to the position of "Fuhrer of Germany". Several historians have been interested in this meteoric rise of Hitler and have studied the sudden transition of his life, offering their own interpretations. The paper explores this aspect of Hitler?s life in detail by studying the thoughts of different historians so as to gain a better picture of Hitler?s life and the mystery behind his magnetic personality.
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"The Great Depression in the early 1930?s was one of the main reasons contributing to Hitler?s success. The Weimar government was not able to standup to the economic crisis, which left millions of German?s without job. People who so far showed little interest in politics were lending their ears to new radical parties in the hope of an economic revival. There was an intense yearning for a leader of the status of ?Kaiser? and the instability of the Weimar republic provided a fertile ground for Hitler and his Nazi party. The policies of the Nazi party attracted the German people who saw it as the only hope in chaotic situation. One of the main points of action promised by the Nazis was the reunion of the German people who were segregated from the mainland due to the implications of the treaty of Versailles."
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?Ordinary Men?, 2002.
Analyzes Christopher R. Browning's history of the German Police Battalion in Nazi Germany, comparing it to Daniel Goldhagen's "Hitler's Willing Executioners".
757 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 15.95
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According to Christopher R. Browning?s aptly-titled history of the German Reserve Police Battalion 101, "Ordinary Men", the most significant single factor influencing any given policeman?s decision to participate in acts of Nazi genocide, was that individual?s personal willingness to obey the orders given to him as a soldier and as a German. In other words, how much was that individual willing to be subject to, for want of a better word, ?peer pressure.? The paper shows that this is in direct contrast to the thesis advocated by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen in his book, "Hitler?s Willing Executioners". Goldhagen stresses that the actions of the policemen, soldiers and citizens who enforced the larger Reich ideological agenda were performed enthusiastically. The paper explains Goldhagen's belief that this willingness was the result of many years of anti-Semitic propaganda in Germany, extending back in historical time to the earliest days of German Lutheranism?s influences on Christianity.
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"The actions of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 become, in essence, even more chilling when viewed through Browning?s schema of explanation. It is easy to rationalize inhumanity as a symptom of German culture, and to state that all human beings have pure free will to resist the pressures of position, country, and ideology. The idea that one can still retain one?s ethical, moral compass (as evidenced by the disgust and horror of the policemen) and act against it when structural pressures persuade one to do otherwise is far more disturbing and a far more bracing slap in the ethical face of one?s judgment."
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"Maus", 2002.
Discusses Art Spiegelman's portrayal of the Holocaust through comic panels.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 14.95
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This paper examines Art Spiegelman?s "Maus", a digest-sized comic book using mice, cats, pigs and other animals to portray a history of the Holocaust. The story recounts the history of the holocaust through highly detailed drawings and comic panels. The paper shows that "Maus" was designed to translate history into a format that would be readily read by younger generations.
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"As we delve into the relationships within the story, including those that we are familiar with from history books, we begin to realize more and more what these relationships did to shape the ideology of a group of people, if not a community. The use of comic-images would, you would think, soften the realizations and accounts of events in the Holocaust, but in actuality they greatly amplify them. They are drawn images of memories, which in some aspects are somewhat more horrifying and true to life, than the photographs of the time were."
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?Sophie?s Choice?, 2002.
A review of the novel ?Sophie?s Choice? by William Styron.
2,560 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper discusses how William Styron?s novel "Sophie?s Choice" presents an almost unimaginably terrible moral dilemma to the reader. It looks at how in the novel, the character Sophie and her two children are taken to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Nazi purge of the Jews and how in order to be spared, Sophie must choose the life of one of her children over the other. It analyzes the several ways that one can ultimately view Sophie?s decision to save Jan, her elder boy, such as using a Kantian, a utilitarian, or a relativist moral perspective. It also evaluates how Sophie?s decision, for Styron, ultimately serves as a theological proof, a proof that, by extension, serves to show that Styron believes in an inherent meaning to morality very much in the same manner that Kant does.
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"From the example of the terrible choice that Sophie is forced to make, one might ultimately conclude that Styron, then, accepts a relativist position on morality. Almost anyone would have to reject Kantian values in this application?by applying the categorical imperative Sophie would have almost certainly lost both of her children, and how could anyone call a mother immoral for being unwilling to sacrifice both of her children to the ?higher cause? of an abstract ethical system? Making such a choice would seem terrible, cruel, and inhuman, so we can say of the Kantian analyzing Sophie?s situation that, if he is willing call her unethical, he may be ?theoretically? correct, but he has no heart. Utilitarianism seems similarly flawed, and Sophie?s good faith efforts to save one of her children probably did not work?regardless she is at best uncertain as to her son?s survival and doubts of it."
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"The Pianist", 2002.
A review of Wladyslaw Szpilman's novel "The Pianist".
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper examines Wladyslaw Szpilman's novel "The Pianist," in which the author details his account of his survival in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and how he managed to make it through the horrors and atrocities that were committed there during the seven years he writes about. It evaluates how there is no question that the life that Szpilman was forced to endure during the period from 1939 to 1945 was painful for him and many others who were there as well, and attempts to explore why
Szpilman managed to survive the terror while many others succumbed to it and lost their lives during that period in history. It analyzes the factors and forces that Szpilman describes when accounting for his survival so that an understanding of his desire to live and the forces both internal and external that spared his life, can be more easily examined and understood.
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"Another circumstance that accounted for the survival of Szpilman but was also outside of his influence was the kindness of one officer who discovered Szpilman hiding in Warsaw late in his ordeal. He should have killed Szpilman, but instead he brought him food and a quilt. To say that Szpilman was incredibly lucky on that day would be an understatement of the largest degree. This was probably the only kind officer that Szpilman had ever met, but yet his novel does not reflect bitterness or hatred toward the Nazis (Frank, 2000). He saw the German officer that helped him out during that time as the 'only human being in a German uniform that he ever met', and he tried to find out what happened to the man. He eventually learned that the German had been imprisoned by the Russians for sympathizing with the Jews, and remained a prisoner until his death (Pleszczynski, 1999)."
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Edward Lewis Wallant?s ?The Pawnbroker?, 2002.
This paper discusses the character Sol Nazerman in Edward Lewis Wallant?s ?The Pawnbroker?.
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 15.95
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This paper relates from Edward Lewis Wallant?s novel, ?The Pawnbroker,? the story of Sol Nazerman, a Jewish pawnbroker who survived the World War II Nazi death camps and as an old man has lost all faith in humanity. The author feels that a turning point is when Nazerman cannot support the racketeer?s actions anymore and begins to lend large sums of money to the poor people who bring in valueless items to the pawnshop.The author believes that Jesus? death (the assistant) and the feelings it brings to Nazerman makes the pawnbroker able to move on with his life and even love again.
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"Despite his efforts to be unlovable, many of the people around him are sympathetic to him. They recognize his pain and are awed by the large, inscrutable Jew. A social worker tries to open up to him by speaking of her loneliness. However, he is unimpressed by her discovery that the world is unjust and he refuses to support a charity that she encourages him to support."
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Ethics of the Holocaust, 2002.
An examination of the ethical ramifications of the Holocaust on the survivors and future generations.
2,358 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper reflects on the moral and ethical implications of the genocide against the Jews. The unfortunate experience of many European nations in the hands and oppression of the Nazis is incomprehensible if brought in a discussion of morality issues. Nonetheless, this paper states that the strength and spirit of the oppressed and prisoners of the Nazi tyranny is something that we should commemorate despite the terrible crimes they have witnessed.
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"The history of anti-semitism in the period of Holocaust was implicated by Hitler?s hatred on the Jewish communities. His extreme abhorrence on Jewish people was demonstrated before the outbreak of World War II by saying that he would still annihilate every Jew if there will be another war (McFee, Gordon. Are the Jews Central to the Holocaust?). Accounts as to when and how did Hitler acquire such hostility against the Jews are still unknown to history. Assumptions say that his anti-semitism was caused by his previous experiences with Jewish people. Or, others believe that he was influenced by anti-semitics such as Chamberlain and Eckart (McFee, Gordon. Are the Jews Central to the Holocaust?)."
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?The War Against the Jews?, 2002.
Discusses Lucy S. Dawidowicz's book, "The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945".
1,071 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 22.95
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The paper shows that over a quarter of a century ago after it was written, Dawidowicz?s "The War Against the Jews" remains a seminal work exploring how a modern, industrial country like Germany could support and enact a policy of race-based genocide and murder. Dawidowicz also sets out to explain how the Jews responded as a people to these attacks against their rights and later, their very lives.
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"Dawidowicz further writes about the limited options of many Judenrat officials, who were forced to comply in the face of an impossible situation. By this stage of the war, the Nazi-dominated Germany had amassed enough power to coerce Jewish leaders into doing as they were told. Faced with death or the destruction of their entire community, many Judenrat officials were thus forced into leading their populace to the annihilation camps."
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?Night?, 2002.
Discusses loss of selfhood in Elie Wiesel's novel on the holocaust.
1,730 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, £ 33.95
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This paper focuses on how the Nazis stripped Jews and other victims in the concentration camp of their individuality and personalities. Using Elie Wiesel's classic novel on the holocaust, "Night", the paper describes how the autobiographical protagonist is forced to become a number among millions of other victims. It traces this loss of selfhood from the first chapter when he has to live away from the rest of humanity in a ghetto and until the final chapter when he physically survives Auschwitz but feels his soul has been slaughtered in the process.
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"The camps not only succeeded in stripping away the outward social signs of personhood, they also succeeded in stripping away the inner sanctums of humanity. In the camps, the individuals slowly change from being objectified humans to actually becoming like beasts. They are described as eventually behaving like ?wild beasts of prey, with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails.? (Chapter 7) The inmates no longer care about the trappings of morality and civilization. When pressed, they become even more brutal than the guards themselves. For example, in Chapter 7 one boy kills his own father over a scrap of bread. This change from civilized beings into brutal monsters begins as early as Chapter Two. Here the captives have not even been taken all the way to the death camps when the first blood is spilt among them."
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Anti-Semitism of the Nazi Party, 2002.
Introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of anti-Semitism by the Nazi party.
1,436 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines and describes the focus of National Socialism on anti-Semitism and the Nazis' hatred of the Jews. It addresses how the Nazis tried to prove that anti-Semitism responded to Germany's problems, how the Nazis justified the persecution of the Jews, and what Hitler's personal role was in all of this?
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"Anti-Semitism is probably one of the most infamous platforms of Hitler and his Nazis, and the Holocaust was its horrific instrument of destruction. While anti-Semitism was not the only plank in Hitler's Nazi platform, it was an important part of his theology, and appealed to the German people for a variety of reasons. Many authors are not surprised so many Germans found this view "admirable," as they were searching for a way to blame someone else for their failures, and Hitler's ideas were the perfect solution to their search. After the First World War, Germany was a defeated and depressed nation."
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"Thanks to My Mother", 2002.
A review of the book "Thanks to my Mother" by Schoschana Rabinovici.
3,104 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper examines the book "Thanks to my Mother," by Schoschana Rabinovici, the story of one girl and her mother's survival of the Holocaust. Specifically it contains a critical review of the book, including a summary of the contents, a comparison to other studies from the class and a reaction to the reading. It looks at how what singles this story out from other Holocaust survival stories is the simple language the author uses to tell her story and the aura of hope that surrounds it. It discusses how it is a story of survival in its basest form. It shows how Susie's mother is undeniably wise and quick to understand their plight. She does just about anything necessary to shelter Susie, from lying about them being mother and daughter, to lying about Susie's age and sheltering her from the prying eyes of the Nazis so they would not discover she was just a child.
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"In 1943, Susie and her family leave the Vilnius ghetto; the entire ghetto is being liquidated. Most of her family is exterminated as soon as they leave the ghetto, but Susie and her mother make it out alive, and are sent to the concentration camp called "Kaiserwald." Incredibly, the concentration camp was a resort before the war. "Before the war Kaiserwald had been a holiday resort. Well-to-do families rented cottages and passed the warm-weather days here. There had been all kinds of colorful flowers here, wide lawns, rivers and beaches, and wonderful walking paths in the forests" (118). When the Jews arrived, the resort was gone, but they felt they had " left the worst behind us "(101), but they would soon discover this was of course not the case. They meet the "blitz maidens," SS women who wear "black, shiny boots" (102), and carry whips, which they use often. Four women have to sleep in one bed, and the food is barely edible. The days blend together into hours spent standing at roll call at 5 a.m. in any type of weather, to grueling hard labor building railroads, also in any weather, from rain to snow and wind."
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The Great Escape, 2002.
A description of the event that took place during World War II, known as "The Great Escape."
2,719 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper reviews the story of Stalag Luft III, more commonly known as "The Great Escape." The paper presents the events of that courageous escape in terms of the strategic and operational setting, tactical situation, threat of discovery by the Germans and finally the allied strategy. The paper then gives a detailed description of the actual escape event, in March 1944.
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"?The Great Escape? is remembered as one of the most significant events in the history of Allied POWs (Prisoners of War). It was 24th March 1944 when 76 captured Allied airmen at a German war camp named ?Stalag Luft III? tried to escape by means of their own hand-dug tunnel that was over 300 feet long and about 30 feet deep down the ground level (Rafmuseum.on.ca). Stalag Luft got its name from ?Stammlager Luft? that means ?Permanent Camps for Airmen?. As the name suggests, the prison facility was especially utilized to keep the enemy air crew whose planes were shot down."
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