Summary Of Behind Hitler's Lines By Thomas Taylor

The Plot to Kill Hitler by Patricia McCormick is a book about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his life story as he faces troubles in life and has to go to war when he is a Pacifist!

The book I was reading was Surviving Hitler, by Andrea Warren. I rate this book 10. Surviving Hitler talks about a young boy named Jack surviving a death camp. Jack was Jewish, his family was not religious but Jack knew little about his religion. They lived in a city and dressed no differently than their mostly Catholic neighbors.

Stephen E. Ambrose, Citizen Soldiers: the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7,

Hitler and the Holocaust is a very informational novel written by Robert S. Wistrich that not only explains this horrible time in history, but also gives us a look into the mind of Hitler and Nazi ideology. This book is not just centered on Hitler and Germany as it my sound, antisemitism spread like a plague all across Europe even before the Holocaust took place. In this work, Wistrich is not making an argument, but is trying to find an explanation on why so many inhumane actions were allowed.

There have been countless atrocities committed throughout history. Most of these atrocities are justified and developed from ideas and false realities. The most infamous atrocity of all history, the holocaust is no exception. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany from 1933 until his suicide at the end of WWII, was directly responsible for the deaths of over 12 million people. Alan Bullock in his book Hitler a Study in Tyranny dispels any notion that any of Hitler’s ideas were original. Bullock proposes that Hitler and his rise to power was a product of other political ideas and a knack for exploiting the timing of events to extend his influence. According to Bullock Hitler’s coming to power was the product the political ideals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which he was exposed to, the world post-WWI, and a knack for exposition events to his favor. He used his gifts of using propaganda and his organizational skills to use politics as a means to achieving power.

Guida Diehl was the founder and leader of the Newland Movement, which pre-dated the Nazi Party by at least six years. She came from a nationalist and anti-Semitic family, and only joined the Nazi Party in August 1930. Following the advice of Adolf Stocker, who hated Jews and supported the emancipation of unmarried women, she attended social-work school and later worked as a teacher of social work in Frankfurt. Diehl constantly preached a spiritualist, quasi-Christian, and nationalist message, that went against the postwar values of Americanism, materialism, and mammonism, which threatened to overpower Volk, God, and fatherland.

“Seventy-five years ago, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, and a 12-year reign of terror across Europe began. Could History repeat itself?” (Smith, 15). In the article, Hitler Comes to Power, by Patricia Smith, European Jews were punished because they were blamed for most of Germany's problems. After Germany lost World War 1, the citizens of Germany were desperate for help. So, they turned to Hitler hoping he could help improve their lives. Hitler coming to power was one of Europe's most horrible accidents of all time. His punishments for the Jews were unright, unnecessary, and prejudice. Hitler's actions affected the Jews and scared them for life... How would you react to a leader like Hitler? If your freedom was taken, what would you do?

From the character of Adolf Hitler in The Book Thief, “Can you see that this enemy has found its ways -- its despicable ways -- through our armor, and that clearly, I cannot stand up here alone and fight him?” (254). To analyze this quote, Hitler is talking to the crowd about a Jew, Max Vandenburg, who he has just previously lost to in a boxing match. However, he is not just talking about Max Vandenburg; he is talking about all of the Jews in the world. Hitler believes that the Jews are too powerful to fight alone and thinks the entire German society needs to band together to defeat them. However, somewhere in the midst of the German society, some are in opposition to this thought. This small group of individuals is the one who stands up

On June 13, 1942 William “Wild Bill” Donovan set out to select, train, and assess hundreds of young enlisted and commissioned soldiers for the daunting task of operating behind enemy lines in World War II. Each of these soldiers would endure six to eight months of rigorous training that included small unit tactics, language, subversion, sabotage, logistical resupply, and supporting a resistance force. At the conclusion of training, eighty-three Americans would join the ranks of over a hundred Jedburgh teams that inserted into occupied France to disrupt Nazi forces. Their mission: organize, arm, and train groups of French resistance guerrilla and orchestrate the sabotage and guerrilla warfare activities to complement operations of the advancing

Burke's definition of man states: "Man is the symbol-using (symbol-making, symbol-misusing) animal, inventor of the negative (or moralized by the negative), separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making, goaded by the spirit of hierarchy (or moved by the sense of order), and rotten with perfection". Burke's definition claims that humans are different from other beings by the use of symbols to communicate, the use of the negative in the communication system, the departure from nature by the techniques and tools, the existence in ascending and descending social structures, and the limitless desire to become far better than it is. Burke believed symbol use was the main thing that described humans. Our existence is formed symbolically, we exchange symbols more than anything else, and all of our being is filled with symbols. Burke did not like using the word “inventor,” because he felt that language designed man. He stated that negatives do not exist in nature. Burke believes that tools and technology have taken humans out and away from nature. Burke thought technology was deceptive and destructive.

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Hitler's Rise to Power In 1919 The Weimar Republic encountered harsh economic, social and political problems. After the new Democratic Republic signed the armistice it put Germany not only into an economic crisis, it also caused Ebert’s Republic to get off to an unpopular start. The new government were branded ‘The November Criminals’ even though they weren’t to be blamed, and were left little choice. Some people felt the government should be based on communism, and the Spartacist uprising in 1919 caused major political problems.

Machiavelli’s The Prince outlines tactics for a leader to seize and maintain lands under his power. His tactics have been demonstrated repeatedly throughout history, and though his approach is hardly ethical or idealistic, one cannot deny the fact that it has proved to be effective. Hitler is an example that exemplifies the accuracy of what Machiavelli said would bring success in the acquisition of new provinces.

Trevor-Roper clearly explains the political intrigue that was going on in the "FuhrerBunker" in the final days. Even at the end Hitler was continually questioning his aides about a German relief army that was coming to rescue Berlin from the clutches of the Russians. This army in fact had long since surrendered. Hitler's and Goebbels response to Roosevelt's death was bizarre to say the least- with the end of the war rapidly approaching they took FDR's death to be an omen that Germany would soon gain the upper hand and eventually win the war. Himmler's deluded attempt to negotiate a peace with the western allies and have himself be the new fuhrer showed how out of touch with reality he was. In fact most of the major players in this book were seriously deficient in the reality department. One of the few rational people in the bunker Fegelin, (Hitler's brother in law) saw a bad situation and left the bunker and went back to his own house. Unfortunately, he was found by members of Hitler’s guard and was brought back to the bunker where he was eventually shot.

On April 20, 1889, a demon was brought into this world. His name was Adolf Hitler. He was born in the family quarters of the Pommer Inn in Braunau, a small city on the Austrian border. The child was unhealthy and his mother, Klara, worried that young Adolf would not survive. Klara provided much love and attention to her baby, which Adolf would later take advantage of to get what he wanted (Smith 50). Despite his self-centeredness, Adolf held a deep bond with his mother which united them throughout his childhood. On the other hand, Alois, Adolf’s father, failed to play an important role in Adolf’s development. Alois spent the majority of his time away from the customs station with his friends