... the front lines and at headquarters, He was wounded in the leg in 1916 and gassed in 1918. Hitler believed that he was making a better life for himself and was proud to serve in the German army of which he admired so much. Interestingly enough the regimental captain that recommended him for the award was Jewish. Being gassed during a British attack ... had a second blindness but surprisingly enough cried for the first time since standing in front of his mother's grave in Leonding, Austria. He had endured the death of his comrades, injuries to himself, and blindness .....all in silence. ...

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... with his lover Rudy in tow, refusing a ticket to safety in Holland because there isn't a second one for Rudy, yet ends up unwillingly beating him to death on the cattle train to Dachau. If he hadn't killed Rudy the officers would have killed Max. He blames himself for Rudy ... 's death even though he had no choice, page 61 Max says "You know who loved me? That boy. That dancer, I don't remember his name. But I killed him. See - ... proclaimed homosexual, knows this but still wears the pink triangle. He is not afraid of being gay, even in prison. Horst is proud of who and what he is so do...

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... The most recognized of the labor camps are, Budy, Czechowitz, Glenwitz, Rajsko, and Furstenarube. The prisoners here were worked to the point of death. Trains transported people to the camps, and violently forced them off the train. All of the people's property was left on the train also ... to preserve the integrity of science, and provide a framework from which man can improve upon the quality of human life. In Nazi concentration and death camps, the gruesome sibling of science matured. Nazi scientists, physicians, and scholars tore down the ethical framework of science in order to eli...

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... Nazis attracting more and more votes in the elections (appendix), President Hindenburg had to appoint Hitler as Chancellor on 30th January 1933. Although not in total control yet, the Nazis showed what they were capable of doing by establishing the first concentration camps and imprisoning political opponents ( ... and a person's life. A totalitarian state is usually led by a dictator, which is "above" the law and has the power over life and death. In such a state common good is placed over individual good, opponents are ruthlessly prosecuted and the armies as well as the police forces se...

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... Beethoven. Although he lived a century prior to Hitler, he remained very well loved by the German people. Beethoven's music was powerful and proud, traits that the Germans could relate to. Hitler felt that Beethoven exemplified the true heroic spirit of Germany. Hitler played upon the sentimentality of ... to Wagner. Hitler thought that Bruckner was a fine example of what a musician should be, not only for his talent as a musician, but also due to his great love for Germany. When the news of Hitler's death was announced, a movement from Bruckner's Seventh Symphony was played in honor of t...

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... clever and devious in his own way, knew how to deal with this problem. In a true Machiavellian fashion of eliminating any dissenter that could not be "swayed" to understand the "glorious new ways" Mussolini formed organized gangs called "The Blackshirts". These men would deal with troublemakers of the general ... theme of rebuilding everything lost in the Great War Mussolini built his empire on promises of nationalism in country full of nationalists with nothing to be proud of until he came along. The people were ready for a strong leader following the war, they were ready for nationalism...

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... he had long held deep respect. Despite the enmity of the war Hitler said on December 10, 1919: "As a people the Englishman has reason to be proud." Though he had only a year earlier been fighting the British, Hitler believed that both peoples came from Aryan stock, far superior to Slavic Russians and ... To this end he sided with the Wermacht against his own vastly numerically superior SA.(3) The German that would subjugate France and conquer territory in the East would not be a rowdy brown shirt, but rather a well trained and disciplined soldier. In an address to prominent members of th...

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