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    “Triumph of the Will” and “Night and Fog,” portray Hitler’s vision for Germany, and the findings of Allied liberators of concentration camps in the beginning of World War II. A comparison of the films present two very different views of what Hitler deemed necessary for Germany. They each displayed propaganda in a way they’re eye-catching simply because of the raw footage. It took everything that we knew about pre WWII and corrected it, so that we knew the truth about how the people of Germany felt

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    Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will Propaganda I am going to discuss whether Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will (1934) was propaganda, or a representational recording of an event. Riefenstahl was considered “an intricate part of the Third Reich's propaganda machine[1]”, yet she claimed that: "If you see this film again today you ascertain that it doesn't contain a single reconstructed scene. Everything in it is true. And it contains no tendentious commentary

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    The first German World Cup triumph was remarkable not just because it occurred only nine years after the end of World War Two, but also because the legendary Hungarian opposition had been unbeaten in the five years prior to the tournament. A first-hand account of the response to the fairytale victory in Berne is offered in Mick Weinberg’s interview of the Holocaust survivor, Huguette Hermann. She appears surprised by the restraint of the celebrations in 2014 compared to the exuberance she remembers

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    Triumph des Willens Film Review Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) is a film directed by Leni Riefenstahl that was commissioned by Adolf Hitler. The film details events around the 1934 Nuremberg Congress, the people who were in the rally and how they responded to it. Triumph is fundamentally a pro Hitler film that was meant to be a documentary that “records history as it happened” (Barsam 1975, p12). In essence though it was a propaganda film meant to unite Germany under Hitler’s regime.

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    resources to alter or enhance the original which would be “Triumph of the Will.” The reason that I believe it takes in the fact that most of the people playing Call of

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    order for a general to apply to the Senate for a triumph, which Titus shared with his father Vespasian when he returned to Rome. A triumph was both a civil and religious ceremony in Imperial Rome; it was used to pay tribute to a military commander, or an imperator, for a successful foreign war campaign and to display the booty captured in the war. The ceremony was a parade showcasing the captured gold and silver and slaves from the war. The triumph followed a precise route through the streets of

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    “big things” helped people’s spirits survive. During the Holocaust, love laughter and nature were the things that helped many spirits triumph. Love is one thing that kept people’s spirits lifted. In the book “Yellow Star”, Syvia and her family are forced to live in a ghetto in Lodz. The amount of love the family had for each other is what helped Syvia’s spirit triumph.

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    Triumph and Trials of Spanish and English Exploration The fifteenth century was tough for the country of Spain. Towards the end of the century Spain was embroiled in a battle with the last group of Muslims to reside in Spain at Granada. For five years an explorer by the name of Christopher Columbus tried to persuade King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to finance his trip across the Atlantic in hopes of finding a better trade route to the Indies. In 1492 when Columbus was about to give up

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    Rome, an aureate burst attracts an equivalent infinity of attention to the infinity of light that it emits. Borne of Italian baroque painter Giovanni Battista “Baciccio” Gaulli, this aureate burst is the center of the illusionistic ceiling fresco Triumph of the Name of Jesus. It is initially unclear what is being beheld, but it demands attention nonetheless. By simultaneously depicting and inciting the spectacle of this aureate burst, Gaulli arouses a discussion of the nature of visual representation

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    human or animal, and they are all around us. Heroes can be anywhere, not just movies and books, and they are caring, trustworthy, and are willing to sacrifice for the good of others. First, a hero should be caring toward their surroundings. In “Love Triumphs”, a sixth-year-old leads a band of toddlers and takes very good care of them. “ ‘The children were clean and healthy’ said Joyce Miller, a nurse who examined them. It was clear that ‘time had been taken with these kids.’ “ (Springboard pg. 19) Young

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