... , thinking that such a death will add to their reputations. The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel 'The Sorrows of Werther' (1774) reinforced this concept and was credited with creating a near epidemic of romantic suicides in Europe. Among well-known artists who killed themselves are Vincent van Gogh, Virginia Woolf, Anne Sexton, Mark Rothko, Jerzy Kosinski, Ernest Hemingway, and Sylvia Plath ... toward a common enemy, suggesting that there may be a great deal of unacknowledged aggression behind the act of suicide. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have all condemned suicide...

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... enabled him to hold various elections without the presence of certain parties until ultimately he obtained full powers from the Reichstag. After the death of Hindenburg, August 1934, Hitler enacted a law the preceding day that combined the offices of the President and Chancellor allowing him to take over as head of state and eventually abolishing the title of President making him ... of Normandy, Germany's existence would finally come to an end. As the Red Army marched on to Berlin, and the Allies approached from the west, Hitler realized the end was near, so he took his own life and co...

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... Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Crisis began on February 27, 1933 when the Nazis burned the Reichstag building to create a violent atmosphere. Soon after Nazis opened Dachau a concentration camp near Munich, and soon after they opened Buchenwald. Days later they passed the German Pariliament which enabled Adolf to make the dictorial powers. This was the biggest mistake of all. All ... families, and even murdered at arrival. Hitler created a genocide, asking for all children with blonde hair and blue eyes to be taken to a separate camp for German families to adopt. A law was ...

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