Freud And Malaparte
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A 6 page paper. This essay considers Freud's theories about man's basic instincts as described in Civilization and Its Discontents and Malaparte's reports as recorded in Kaputt. The question is whether Freud's ideas about man's death or destruction instinct can really explain the horrors committed during World War II as reported by Malaparte. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Gays/Lesbian Perception Within Minority Groups And Jewish Stereotypes Circa World War II
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6 pages in length. Gay and lesbian members of minority groups receive the same level of disdain as they do from those outside their subpopulation. Indeed, one would expect gays and lesbians to be supported within their particular minority community, however, just because someone is Latino, black or Asian does not automatically mean he or she will embrace anymore social tolerance than anyone else. The ways in which Jews were stereotyped by the German people during the period before World War II are well documented by illustrating how at the time of World War I, totalitarianism was taking a stronghold upon Europe institutions, while the Great Depression proved to threaten the very character and destiny of Western civilization. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Gearing Up for War: Europe 1939
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This 8 page paper discusses conditions in Europe on the eve of World War II. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Genocide/A Global Trend
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A 3 page research paper that is the introduction to a much longer paper. This paper, however, addresses the topic of genocidal studies and its basic history and application. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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German Foreign Ministry During The Nazi Regime
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It seems reasonable that a government that includes a Foreign Ministry would rely on that office to determine foreign policy. This was not true of Germany in the years between 1933 and 1939. This 16 page paper argues that Hitler brought with him his own beliefs concerning the interaction between nations. He implemented policies congruent with his own beliefs and agenda, without regard to the established diplomatic services of the Foreign Ministry. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Hades And Hitler: Compare/Contrast
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5 pages in length. A cold heart and calculating mind are what bind the Greek god Hades and German assassin Adolf Hitler. When one compares the similarities by which they undertook their unrelenting wickedness, it is with little difficulty that one can draw myriad common denominators where these two historical characters are concerned. Hitler, in his self-prescribed superiority, sought to annihilate the entire Jewish population in an effort to cleanse the world of what he deemed as unworthy people; Hades, whose inherent powers afforded him the ability to inflict pain and misery on all who came into the underworld, relished this hegemony. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Heinrich Boll/ Billiards at half-past nine
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This 5 page paper talks about Heinrich Boll's novel 'Billiards at half-past Nine,' --- it gives a character sketch on the main character in the novel, Robert Faehmel. This paper has one source cited.
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Historical Value Of Art Spiegelman's "Maus": Primary Or Secondary Source?
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3 pages in length. The duality of Art Spiegelman's "Maus" – relating his father's Holocaust experiences while at the same time capturing his own memories growing up in a Holocaust-influenced household – speaks to a new tradition in primary source definition; not only is the author a witness of the ravages inflicted upon his entire family, but he is also a victim himself of the oppression inherent to an upbringing shrouded by Holocaust memories. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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History of Anti-Semitism in US
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A 4 page research paper that explores the topic of anti-Semitism in the US and elsewhere prior to World War II and how this might have shaped public policy concerning Jewish immigration quotas, which, of course, facilitated Nazi extermination policies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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History Of German Bioethics
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In 1933 the convergence of political, scientific, and economic forces dramatically changed the relationship between the medical community and the government, resulting in policies aimed at sterilization, euthanasia and the eradication of all non-Germans. This 15 page paper provides an overview of that process and the current health care system in Germany in order to identify those elements that portend a repeat of history. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Hitler after 1923
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A paper which looks at the way in which Hitler changed his political strategies after the failed putsch of 1923, and the use which he made of propaganda combined with state terrorism to achieve his aims. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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