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…executions to prove the power of the Nazis and SS. This showed the Jews that there was definitely no way out.         The Jews were relocated from their houses to ghettos were the conditions were terrible. Living conditions were compacted and crowded…

…. The death camps became Hitler's "Final Solution" to the Jewish problem. Over the next few years, as carried out by Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz was expanded into three main camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II - Birkenau, and Auschwitz III - Monwitz. Along…

…of music were allowed to be broadcast. This lead to the persecution of critics and opponents. The SS and the Gestapo were two security systems organised to ensure that the Nazi policies were enforced and they dealt severely with any opposition. The law did…

…1st scene (2 min 47 sec) The scene opens with the camera slowly closing in on a white surveillance van whilst a voice is singing (in German) a motivation song created by an SS guard in Buchenwald about heading towards an ideological goal involving…

…Forgive and Forget? In his book "Sunflower", Simon Wiesenthal poses a very difficult philosophical question. With a SS man, Karl, on his deathbed, he asks you for forgiveness on all the atrocities and specifically one horrible one he has committed…

…there was intensification in the persecution of Jews. The SS units displayed great brutality, however, they killed not all members of Jewish community but only their leaders. After the conquest the Jews were concentrated ghettos, however, no massive annihilation took place…

…of Auschwitz tell a gruesome tale of death and torture. Stories of the abused, used, and killed, the tales of the torturees have been told, but what about the torturers? The SS, the "doctors", the ones who carried out the deeds, what was their life like…

…of death and torture. Stories of the abused, used, and killed, the tales of the torturees have been told, but what about the torturers? The SS, the "doctors", the ones who carried out the deeds, what was their life like? That is what this paper will focus…

…joined the Nazi party in 1932, but never became an office in the SS. His two captains, Hoffmann and Wohlauf, were SS trained officers. The reserve lieutenants, all seven of them, were drafted into the Order Police because they were ordinary. They were middle…

…both of these roles, a young inexperienced gunslinger who used to be a farmer. In both movies the main character finds an old friend: Shichiroji (SS), Harry (MS), and a quiet, older and tremendously experienced samurai/gunslinger: Kyuzo (SS), O'Reilly (MS…