History Essays

The term “laws of war” refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and of itself seems to be in violation of an almost universal law prohibiting one human being […]

Metropolis: “Breaking down the utopia” In January of1927 Metropolis was released to the German public. The film, which was directed by Fritz Lang, was one of the first science fiction movies in the history of film. The film focuses on the differences between the working class who power the city and the wealthy whom indulge […]

UNLIKE many war heroes who had no intention of ever becoming famous, George Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to be a hero. This noble aim was first inspired by listening to his father read aloud for hours about the exploits of the heroes of ancient Greece. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey […]

After the long and deadly First World War, of which the U.S. had been embroiled in for over a year, people were finally ready for their soldiers to come home. Some were even ready for peace. However, many Europeans had lost everything in the war and were not ready for peace. They were ready for […]

In the entirety of World War II scholarship, a heav interest has been paid to Nazi crimes and the Holocaust. Immediately following the end of the war, scholars and citizens alike have searched for a justifiable cause of one of the most inhumane eras of humankind. A large portion of the scholarship has focused on […]

In 1914, the World War I just started and ended four years later in 1918 but later World War II had just begun. In World War I fought mainly in Western and Eastern with this war caused many deaths. (BGE) With the technology they had machine guns, and gas mask. After a year later they […]

In this essay, the themes of guilt, responsibility, and coincidence in Harry Mulisch’s novel, The Assault will be explored. Mulisch’s novels are autobiographical and historically significant, making a deep connection to his own life. To begin with, there will be a brief biography of Mulisch before providing a comprehensive summary of the novel. Finally, personal […]

Eleanor Roosevelt believes that confronting fear directly is the key to developing strength, courage, and confidence. In Markus Zusak’s novel, the Hubermanns demonstrate this bravery by going against Nazi Germany’s beliefs and laws to provide shelter for a Jew in their house. Despite the possible repercussions, they show great courage (Zusak 173) (Brainyquote.com). The Hubermanns, […]

Lal Kurti, also known as “red shirt,” is a residential area in Firozpur Cantonment, Punjab, India. It has a rich history dating back to the British colonial era and is situated within Firozpur Cantonment, famous for its role in the Anglo-Sikh War or Battle of Sara Garhi. This locality accommodates approximately 2,000 residents, mostly Punjabi […]

“Leadership means making a difference, creating a positive change; providing the impetus that creates an atmosphere of change that improves the world, or at least the small part of the world around us; leadership is characterized by sustained action over time. Leadership is the stretch of changing things that can be changed, of providing new […]

‘The locals will now tell you that when they visited the old man’s glasshouse, they discovered the most beautiful rose that anyone could ever dream of. It was twice the size of a man’s fist and was almost black in colour, with just the faintest hint of red in its velvety petals.’ Fragrance of Roses […]

Introduction In Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz, there is a clear consensus that the weather and seasonal change played a significant role in the lives of the Auschwitz camp prisoners. The climate affected every aspect of being but more specifically the prisoner’s work ethic and welfare. The prisoners endured dreadful living conditions that were either […]

Amon Goeth first joined the Austrian Nazi party at the age of seventeen, he journeyed to Germany where he worked as guard in many failed labor camps and later in 1942 he was introduced to Oskar Schindler and became the commander of his Jewish forced labor camp. In 1994 Steven Spielberg released the film “Schindler’s […]

The title of the book is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the author is John Boyne. The genre is Fictional History and the setting is in Berlin in a big house and in a house in Poland near a Concentration Camp. This book is about a boy that is called Bruno. His father […]

In 1939, the autonomy of German youth was critically threatened by Nazi Germany. However, a faction known as the ‘Swing Kids’ emerged from the turmoil of the battlegrounds. This group comprised rebellious youth who used American-originated swing music to oppose the Nazis. The new swing music era brought about additional punishments for the young by […]

The Swing Kids (German: Swingjugend) were a group of jazz and swing lovers in Germany in the 1930s, mainly in Hamburg (St. Pauli) and Berlin. They were composed of 14- to 18-year-old boys and girls in high school, most of them middle- or upper-class students, but some apprentice workers as well. They sought the British […]

The Book Thief is narrated by Death and is centered around a nine-year-old girl called Liesel Meminger, it’s set in Mulching (fictional town) just outside of Munich, Germany. Liesel and her brother had been given up by their mom to her foster parents, Hans and Rose Huberman, however on their way there Liesel’s younger brother […]

In her essay “Arts of the Contact Zone,” Mary Louise Pratt discusses the power of language use. Pratt discusses how language use plays an important role in the world. She shows how language is used to describe a community’s identity. She states that language is a key factor in the term transculturation, which she describes […]

I believe that being free is a matter of choice. We are free because we want to be defined not by other people but ourselves. We make choices together with the thought of making a choice for the good of everyone. We exist not for other people to tie strings on our hands and feet […]

  Then into this devastated land, truncated by the Oder-Neisse borderline and hardly able to sustain its demoralized and exhausted population, streamed millions of people from the Eastern provinces, from the Balkans and from Eastern Europe, adding to the general picture of catastrophe the peculiarly modem touches of physical homelessness, social rootlessness, and political rightlessness. […]

1. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian modernist painter of the 20th century. The Austrian government refused to return the paintings to Maria Altmann because they referred to Adele Bloch-Bauer`s last will that authorizes the National Museum of Vienna to keep her paintings after her husband`s death. The recognized art of Nazism was the one that […]

The white rose movement was a non-violent resistance group operating in Nazi-Germany from June 1942 till February 1943. The movement used propaganda in an attempt to change the views of Germans and Austrians against Adolf Hitler. The movement received a lot of support from German youths who had been conscripted into Hitler’s Youth Armies. However, […]