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    of human nature by using these missile developments as a metaphor to symbolize the raising of children and the factors that can influence a growing individual. One of the prime figures that Griffin uses pertaining to these growing individuals was Heinrich Himmler, leader of the Nazi secret police. Griffin uses Himmler as an example to demonstrate how big of a role a parental figure can play in the development of a person. “The missile is guided by a programmed mechanism. There is no electronic device

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    Heinrich Hertz was born on February 22, 1857, and he died in 1894. He was the oldest of his five siblings. Hertzs’ mother’s name was Anna Elisabeth Pfeffercorn, and his father’s name was Gustav Ferdinand Hertz. His parents were both Lutherans, but it didn’t matter to his parents what his ethnicity was they were more focused on how he did in school. At age 6 he started to go to his first school that was called Dr. Wichard Lange School, and was taught by Friedrich Wichard Lange. The school was

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    Have you ever wondered whose idea it was to exterminate all the Jews, or who started the concentration camps? Heinrich Himmler, was the main one contributors of the Holocaust, he used ideas such as racism and fanatical beliefs to justify the murder of millions of victims. Himmler was considered one of the most feared Nazi’s Himmler was the head of S.S, (Hitler's Personal Guard), Leader of the Gestapo (The Secret State Police), and was the founder and officer in charge of the Nazi concentration

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    Emily Altabef Money, Markets and Magic 3/17/15 The Second World War cost Germany approximately 270 billion dollars. Hitler understood that the German government should be prepared for a 10 to 15 year war. As he wished massive building projects to coincide with victory, this proved to be an unrealistic task (Overy). To combat growing industry several million prisoners of war were deported into the Reich (Spoerer). In order to sustain the German war economy, the armament industry was privatized. This

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    The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll Authors often use characters within their novels to show the consequences of challenging cultural boundaries and, in turn, display their own personal concerns. It is not uncommon for characters to reflect an author’s ideology regarding social groups in their contemporary time periods. It is clear that this is certainly the case with the 1975 novel The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, (also referred to as How Violence Develops and Where it Can Lead)

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    Nearly a century before World War II, German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine wrote, “Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people" (“Holocaust History”). These chilling words not only forecasted the events to come, but also went up in flames in Germany during the Nazi book burning. Throughout Germany on May 10, 1933, thousands of people came out to witness these horrid events. These public displays of censorship were monstrous in nature. Book burning is defined as “the ritual destruction

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    Why do we learn about the holocaust? We learn about the holocaust to inform us about things hitler did, educate ourselves on what could happen in the future, to gain knowledge on the harsh ways of discrimination and the horrible treatment of jews and undesirables, to realize how intense concentration camps actually were, And to realize just how far hitler went to get to what he called the final solution. We need to learn about the terrible things that happened so that we will know what horrible

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    term 'romantic' first appeared in 18th-century English and originally meant "romancelike"—that is, resembling the fanciful character of medieval romances. Romanticism was merely a product of bygone ages as are all works of literature. Heinrich Heine is an example of a German romantic poet. He is best renowned for his early lyrical poems and ballads, which are

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    needed the help of the SS and Gestapo. Which had more power than modern military forces. In the beginning Adolf Hitler couldn 't run all of germany by himself so he elected officials to take charge while he was worrying about taking over the world. “Heinrich Himmler who was appointed Reichsfuhrer- SS in 1929 and from its very inception he saw the SS as an elite force, as an elite unit, the party 's "Praetorian Guard," with all SS personnel selected on the principles of racial purity and unconditional

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    The Holocaust has been described to many and by many as an extremely horrific time in history. The Holocaust was filled with vivid and inhuman like tendencies, unimaginable living conditions, and devilish behavior. The Holocaust existed during the time of German politician and Reich Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler. According to Junior Scholastic, “Adolf Hitler used the camps to imprison political dissidents, groups of “undesirables” such as Gypsies, and especially Jews”. The Holocaust vivid and

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