... that demonstrate the effect of mass hysteria on society is the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Based on this historical event, Arthur Miller wrote in 1860 his drama called "The Crucible ". The Salem Witch Trials were classic examples of mass hysteria. They were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused for using supernatural power in Massachusetts. Mass hysteria ... . These witch trials were caused by mass hysteria that could not be easily stopped. Arthur Miller illustrates how fear can drive people away from heir responsibilities in his play The Crucible. 1.2.2 Holoca...

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... implementation of Hitler's most extreme and problematic ideological goal the "final solution" of the Jews appears to agree with the totalitarian model. A. Mayer has said, "Spiraling total war was the crucible for the fusion of circumstance and ideology which fueled the cold blooded rush into the final solution." The intentionalists argue and support this point. As Kershaw adds "the final solution ... ...

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Fascism was forged in the crucible of post-World War I nationalism in Europe. The national aspirations of many European peoples nations without states, peoples arbitrarily assigned to political entities with little regard for custom or culture ... ...

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