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    The Holocaust was a system established by the Nazis in World War II as a means to exterminate all of the people which they considered undesirable or subhuman. This included gypsies,minorities,cripples, the mentally ill, homosexuals,communists,and anyone who opposed the Nazi regime. The main target of the Holocaust was however the Jewish people. They were the main target because the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, believed that they were the reason for Germany losing World War 1 and thus was

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    This investigation will explore the question: Was Hitler’s greatest reason for starting World War II to create a Master Race or to regain Germany’s lost territory? From years 1889 to 1945 will be the focus of this investigation, to allow for an analysis of Hitler’s greatest reason to start World War I. The first source that will be evaluated is J. Noakes and G. Pridham’s documentary “Hitler’s War | 1939”, created in 2001. The origin of this source is valuable because Professor Adam Tooze is a British

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    the undisputed leader of the entire German state. The concept of Nazism was developed during this course in history. It is a concept based loosely on an abstract theme of nationalism, interpreted by Hitler to proclaim his Ayran race as the 'Master Race'. It was taken to an extreme, however, by Hitler's sadistic genocide of minority groups within the country, particularly the Jews.

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    Philip K. Dick, a notable author, once said “There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you're lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.” The Book Thief explores an array of themes but none more meaningful than the power of language to heal and destroy. The novel follows the life of Liesel Meminger, who learns how much words can influence

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    In Western society, the Other refers to a person outside of socially accepted identities. The Other is often viewed as the lesser of a binary pair. Like all binaries, the socially accepted identity and the Other constantly struggle against each other in a push and pull motion. In his book, Modernity and Ambivalence, Zygmut Bauman illustrates this dichotomy: "Woman is the other of man, animal is the other of human, stranger is the other of native, abnormality the other of norm, deviation the other

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    It all started in 1920 - 1924 when Al Qaeda supported the Taliban while Nazis were supported by a lot of germans.During the Third Reich, the Nazis were against a few writers, artist and so had destroyed all their work as it was degraded. Whilst the Taliban in the Middle East were focusing on destroying religious monuments. Both of them had the same perspective, To Liquidate things that did not represent or respect their faith.The one thing they had in common was ruling others through violence and

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    the fictitious Aryan race as the pure, master race of Germany, while minority races and religions, namely Jews, as well as any subculture that did not follow Nazi ideology or social norms, were deemed as inferior sub-humans. Despite the connection of race superiority between Aryan men and women, however, women, somewhat similarly to racial minorities, were perceived as submissive, lesser humans to the Nazi political leaders when compared to the supposedly influential and flawless Aryan men. Men, according

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    and the Nazi party were in control ("Nazi"). Although Hitler himself did not bid to host the games, he saw them as a way to show Germany’s world dominance, along with Aryan superiority ("Nazi"). Hitler wanted to prove to the world his claims of the superior Aryan race were true through the 1936 Olympics. Hitler failed to prove Aryan superiority due to the participation and success of African-American and Jewish athletes ("The 1936"), as well as Olympic boycotts (Large, 2007). Hitler did all he could

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    (1889-1945) was a German political leader, and one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators. He caused the death of millions of Jews and other minorities, because he strongly believed that they were unfit to be part of his perfect Aryan race. Hitler was born in Austria on 20th April; 1889. His father was a respectable customhouse official, who refused to let his son do what he most loved-art. Hitler was never very strong academically and didn't complete school. He

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    Hitler's race theory with the realities of the Holocaust. How did expansion contribute to these theories? Nazism developed several theories concerning races. The Nazis claimed to scientifically measure a strict hierarchy of human race. Once firmly in power, Hitler’s plans for the ending of the struggle between the Aryan race and the “inferior races” was set to work. These races feared as a biological threat to the master race purity. At the bottom of this hierarchy were “parasitic” races which were

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