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    Unlike how many believe, Nazi ideology first stemmed from the Enlightenment period when Germany slowly embraced holistic ideas that were the original tenets of Nazism. This was a result of the shifting of ideas from the idealization of a single person in the Enlightenment period, to the idealization of a nation (Adamson). However, Germany began seeing the “oneness” of foreign values that focused on unity as inadequate and “un-German” (Adamson). In other words, these values were seen as threatening

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    on January 1st, 2016, the copyright on one of the most anti-Semitic texts of the 20th century ran out after 70 years of halted publication (Thorpe 2015). The text in question, Mein Kampf (My Struggle), is an autobiography by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler, and a bible of Nazism in Germany’s Third Reich. Mein Kampf was the political manifesto the Nazi Party used during World War Two which not only identified the Jews as racially inferior but indirectly justified the mass extermination of

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    the normal life sentence. This was important to Hitler if he wouldn't had have been such a great speaker then he would have never had a chance to rule over Germany as well as all the publicity He got from Mein Kampf, which He wrote in the time He was in prison. Mein Kampf clarified Hitler's ideas about Germany's future. Hitler's skills are also linked to the Treaty of Versailles because he always spoke about it in his speeches. It's linked to the Economic depression

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    Mein Kampf is an autobiographical by Adolf Hitler. In his book he wrote many of his ideas for Germany in its upcoming years. Mein Kampf in English is “My Struggle”. Many refer to this book as “The National Socialism Bible”. This book created the Nazi Party. It was published in 2 volumes and translated into 11 different languages.The book was on the rise and sold over 5,000,000 copies of it. His first book, Die Abrechnung or the settlement of revenge, was written in 1924. He wrote this while

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    Nazi party. He paints over Mein Kampf and writes his own story over it to give to Liesel. This strengthens their bonds and gives a better understanding between them. The narrator states, “during that week, Max [has] cut out a collection of pages from Mein Kampf and paints over them in white”, he also continues, “on the paper that [has] bubbled and humped under the stress of drying paint, [does] he begin to write the story” (Zusak 223). Evidently, Max painting over Mein Kampf and writing over it is a

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    The Book Thief Analysis

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    The Deeper Meaning Book- a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers (Dictionary.com). Books have a greater meaning to them than the words written on the pages. People relate to them through their own circumstances and experiences. Books play an important role in the novel The Book Thief by: Markus Zusak. The novel takes place in Molching, Germany during World War II. When the Nazi’s invade Molching they go through everybody’s houses, take

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    On July 18th, 1995, Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published in Munich, Germany. This political manifesto caused much disruption amongst the German people during World War II, and thousands of words of hatred are enveloped in its pages. In his book, Hitler separates humans into categories based on physical appearance, which established a strict social class. The first volume of Mein Kampf, “A Reckoning,” focuses on Adolf’s early life and the many problems that beset Germany. The second volume concentrates

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    The Book Thief

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    Matthew Zeppieri Mr. Kilgallin AP English Language 8 August 2012 The Book Thief Questions In the first chapter, I discovered who the narrator was on page 21. It specifically was revealed when the narrator is talking about the dead brother of Liesel Meminger saying, “It was exactly when I knelt down and extracted his soul, holding it limply in my swollen arms” (21). revealing the narrator’s identity as Death. The narrator’s diction on the page can be described as vain due to the fact he doesn’t

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    enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan" On the contrary, Mein Kampf was initially available in two rather large volumes. Until January 30, 1933, the total sales of

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    How Is Mein Kampf Useful

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    the artist of course, and it can have a particular meaning for him, but that is simply his version of it. This precludes the possibility of an artist's character having anything at all to do with his works for me. I've never read it, but I hear 'Mein Kampf' is actually a good read. The fact that Hitler went on to be the posterman of human monsters does nothing to change that. Wagner himself conceived his music as political. He didn't want to be merely an artist, but to build a new society, a society

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