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functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” -Primo Levi. The Holocaust was an age of man killing man over prejudices and blind hatred. Around 6 million Jews, around 3 million Ethnic Poles, 3 million Ukrainian Slavs, 2-3 million Soviets, 1.5 million Belarusian Slavs, around 400,000 Serbs, 270,000 disabled, 90,000-220,000 Romani, 80,000-200,000 Freemasons, around 20,000 Slovenes, 5,000-15,000 Homesexuals, 2,500-5,000 Jehova’s Witnesses, and 7,000 Spanish republicans were murdered, forced

Genocide is cruel and. heartless. The Holocaust is an example of genocide. Millions of Jews, Gypsies, homos, and slavs were murdered in the Holocaust. There wasn't many survivors. When the United States of America found the survivors, they were liberated. Then the whole truth about the Holocaust came out. Genocide is everywhere. In Europe, Africa, and etc. Genocide is the act of killing a large group of people (ethnic group or nation). The Nazi mainly murdered the Jews, but they also murdered

Mongol Conquest and Movement of the People The Russians have been conquered by the Mongols. The Mongols were born war masters that conquered much of Asia. There are many ways they have influenced Russia's culture for the many years they ruled. The Mongols wanted to remake trade under a political system. By doing this they had Asian culture come in and influence Russia. They also influenced the Golden Horde. Russia has many groups of people and they are from diverse cultures. The Russians have

for “sacrifice by fire.” After rising to power in 1933, Germany’s Nazi Party planned a highly organized strategy of prosecution, murder, and genocide targeting Jews specifically due to their “race.” Leaving nearly six million Jews and five million Slavs, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, disabled, and political and religious dissidents dead, The Holocaust was called the largest mass murder ever recorded in history, lasting for nearly twelve years. Adolf Hitler served in the German army during

During the 1900 's, the Soviet Union proved to be one of the most powerful and ruthless empires in history. They had vast amount of land under their control, millions of people that came from different ethnicities, and was one of the worlds strongest military power. However, through the struggle for military power, economic factors, ethnic fragmentation it watched its mighty empire crumble, and many blamed its president, Mikhail Gorbachev and his incompetent decisions for it. Mikhail Gorbachev,

This Balkan victory over the Ottoman Empire caused anxiety in the Austro-Hungarian government. The Dual Monarchy feared that such a success would give the Pan-Slavs ideas about liberating their brothers in Austria-Hungary. Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf, wanted to prepare for an attack from the Serbs. Conrad had desired to mobilize the reserve troops even before the war between the

Xavier Cunningham Mr. Cheney 9th grade lit. Nov. 27, 2017 There have been many assassinations throughout history, but not all of them have sparked a huge piece in the history of war, World War I. Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated on June 28 of 1914 by a Serbian nationalist group that was called “Unity or Death”, more commonly known as the Black Hand, due to the symbol they used. Some Serbians were unhappy with the Austrian Empire because of

The System of Alliances The Alliance System Before 1914 Europe 's main powers were divided into two armed camps by a series of alliances. These were The Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (1882) The Triple Entente of Britain, Russia and France (1907) Although these alliances were defensive in nature, they meant that any conflict between one country from each alliance was bound to involve the other countries. The fact that Germany faced a war on two fronts greatly influenced her

Commercial. Some played in the same soccer or football league or stood next to each other at a Bulldogs games or at the cricket; there were blokes who knew each other from school, from the neighbourhood. Antonello hooked up almost immediately with Sam and Slav, he knew both of them from soccer and Sam from a couple of previous jobs. They took to having all their breaks together. At lunchtime, they sat at the same table in the lunchroom, at morning tea they took their cuppa out to the same spot on the river

The French Revolution has been a major component in the spread of nation-states across Europe. Some island nations like Japan and Britain have naturally become nation-states because of their easily defined physical boundaries. The spread of nation-states has directly affected by the spread of popular nationalism. It is this notion of national pride that different states began to operate on increased unity and strength. Nation-states have begun to draw lines of distinction based on people. The French