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Fascism
Fascism is a variant of extreme corporatist nationalism headed by an authoritarian leadership and is usually classified as a far-right political theory. It originated in Italy under Mussolini and Hitlers Nazism is a variant of Fascism. Fascist movements shared certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultranationalism and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and imperialism positively and it asserts that stronger nations have the right to expand their territory by displacing weaker nations since the national race was in perpetual conflict with other nations and races.
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Why did the Nazis think Kristallnacht was necessary?
The purpose was to bully Jews still in Germany (and Austria) into leaving the country. At that stage forcing the Jews out was the preferred option.
What nation claimed that it was the true victor of the war against fascism?
Joseph Stalin let the world know that it was the Soviet Union that had defeated the greatest fascist power, Nazi Germany, that was the real end of World War Two. It's clear that, however, Japan would be forced to surrender, it was Hitler that caused the war and the Soviet Union ended the war.Stalin pointed out various figures and statistics that proved to himself at least, that the USSR had saved the world from fascism. The 1939 German-Soviet Non-aggression pact was overlooked of course.
In Poland, Lithuania and some other areas they Jews were put into ghettos while the Nazis decided what to do with them.
The ghettos were walled or fenced-in districts where Jews were forced to live under Nazi rule. The Jews in the ghettos were completely dependent on the Nazis for food, water and medication. The living conditions were appalling, and many died of starvation and disease. These communities were hopelessly overcrowded, as the Nazis kept on sending more and more Jews from surrounding areas into the ghettos. From early December 1941 on the Nazis sent Jews from the ghettos to extermination camps.
There were over 500 ghettos scattered across Eastern Europe.
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Ghetto is a very old word, going back to about 1600, for neighborhoods which were reserved for Jews. Depending on the time and place, and your point of view, you could say a ghetto was a place Jews were allowed to live or were forced to live. (In some parts of Europe, Jews were required by law to reside in a ghetto until about 1800, but they were opened by Napoleon).
In World War II the Nazi restrictions on Jews were very severe. Jews were forced into ghettos and not allowed to leave, at all, for any purpose, except to be taken out and killed.
Life in the ghettos was dehumanizing, to say the least. The living restrictions were arduous, people lived in overcrowded conditions, residents were forced to do hard labor, and many people were subjected to beatings and other cruel attrocities. In order to survive residents frequently engaged in so-called illegal activities, such as smuggling food, medicine, weapons and information across the ghetto walls.
From November 1939 on the Nazis established ghettos, mainly in Eastern Europe - especially in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Nazi ghettos during the Holocaust were separated from surrounding areas by fences, walls and guards. Conditions within these ghettos were harsh from the outset and deteriorated further ...
Those who lived in these districts were forbidden to leave. The Jews in the Nazi ghettos were completely (or almost completely) dependent on the Germans for food, water, fuel and other essentials, and the amounts allowed in were grossly inadequate. In some ghettos, the inhabitants were able to establish small workshops. They had to smuggle in the raw materials and then smuggle out the finished products, which they bartered for food and further raw materials ...
Every ghetto had a Nazi-nominated 'Jewish Council' or Judenrat which had to police it and distribute food. The initial attraction of this arrangement to Jews was that it was better than having the SS police the ghettos. However, it usually turned the Jewish Council into unwilling collaborators. Ultimately, the SS ordered the Jewish Councils to name people for deportation to extermination camps.
Living conditions in the ghettos were atrocious. There was insufficient food and usually no medication. The ghettos were hopelessly overcrowded and fatal diseases were widespread. The dead were piled on the curbs and street corners to be buried in mass graves. Many went without proper clothing, food, or shelter. When the bodies were buried, the Nazis then dumped more Jews from other places in the ghettos.
These ghettos were another way for the Germans to control of Jews when they didn't have the space for them in camps or the means to transport them. The ghettos were basically 'holding areas' for the Jews. These ghettos were then 'liquidated', starting in late 1941: this meant that the remaining Jews were shipped off to camps for extermination.
In April 1943 some of the Jews still in the Warsaw Ghetto organized and armed themselves to fight the Germans and there was a uprising, which the Germans easily put down. There were also uprisings in the Vilnius and Bialystock ghettos.
Well known, major Nazi ghettos included those in:
- Warsaw
- Lodz
- Bialystock
- Krakow
- Lemberg (Lvov, Lviv)
- Vilnius
The ghetto in Sighet, Transylvania is well known because Elie Wiesel lived there.
What were the basic ideas of fascism in Italy?
The basic ideas and beliefs of the fascism that Benito Mussolini brought upon Italy can be summarized as this:
A. In general, fascists favored nationalism and dictatorship;
B. Fascists denounced democratic governments as weak and inefficient;
C. Fascists believed that by a dictatorship, the nation of Italy could be better and more efficiently served;
D. The nationalism of Mussolini was extreme, it was in favor of military power and annexing new territories;
E. The Italian fascists saw Marxism as a threat to its security and denounced the revolution in Russia as a ploy for a "Marxist World", that was atheistic economically unsound.
Who were the fascist rulers of germany italy and japan?
The Japanese Fascists http://www.marx.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1937/war.htm The Japanese Fascists http://www.marx.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1937/war.htm
What was France's reaction to fascism in World War 2?
Not sure if the question is intended to mean "the French people" or "the French government." For the French people, reaction to fascism was very mixed: you had convinced French fascists and anti-fascists. But there was a lot more admiration for it than you'd maybe expect; a lot of French intellectuals even before the war had a certain admiration for Hitler's Germany; considered it dangerous, but were, i think, kind of jealous, and would have liked France to be more like that. As for the French Vichy government, it seems to me like a case of "if you can't lick 'em, join 'em." Fascism was an ideology chiefly of national pride, and national pride was at an all-time low after the defeat and was therefore felt as a deep need; Petain, who did, I think, have a kind of admiration for Hitler's Gemany, did not necessarily call himself fascist but preached an ideology very like it--and full of national pride. He also soon began to adopt fascist trappings: the fascist salute (the stiff arm to the sky, the well-known "Heil Hitler" salute), with which French schoolkids were supposed to salute the French flag each morning, and the fascist symbol, the bundle of sticks (fascii) tied together, which were incorporated into a crest or symbol of the Vichy gov't called the "francisque."
Which Pink Floyd song describes a fascist hate rally?
* Run Like Hell
"Run Like Hell" describes an over-zealous rock star turning a concert into a Nazi-like hate rally.
Does transplantation have a basis in Nazi medicine?
There was no "Nazi medicine". If you are referring to the horrible experiments the Nazis made with human remains, there is no real reason they would attempt organ transplants.
Die Glocke (German for "The Bell") is the name of a purported top secret Nazi scientific technological device.
The Bell is said be an experiment carried out by Third Reich SS scientists working in the German facility Der Riese (The Giant) near Wenceslaus mine. The mine is located 50 kilometers away from Breslau a little north village of Ludwikowice KÅ‚odzkie (formerly known as Ludwigsdorf) close to Czech border. Cook and Witkowski visited the site for the UK Channel 4 documentary UFOs: the Hidden Evidence (aka An Alien History of Planet Earth).
The device is described as metallic, approximately 9 feet wide and 12 to 15 feet high with a shape similar to a bell. It contained two counter-rotating cylinders filled with a substance similar to Mercury that glowed violet when activated, known only as Xerum 525 it has been speculated to be Red mercury. When active, The Bell would emit strong radiation, which led to the death of several scientists[6] and various plant and animal test subjects.
According to Igor Witkowski, the Polish aerospace historian who researched this craft for 20 years and was interviewed for the Discovery Channel documentary Nazi UFO Conspiracy, "...The external appearance... was such that it was [a] ceramic cover, bell shaped, which housed a kind of core or axis, around which rotated two cylinders, around the axis in opposite rotation. And after connecting to high-voltage current, the cylinders start spinning in opposite directions... Everything suggests.. it could have been a way to master gravity."
The Bell was considered so important to the Nazis that they killed 60 scientists that worked on the project and buried them in a mass grave and the only reason we know about the Bell is that the SS General that was tasked with the murders, Jakob Sporrenberg, was tried after the war by a Polish War Crimes court for murdering his own people on what subsequently became Polish soil. So it's his Affidavit that gives us the story of the Bell.
They wanted to kill Jewish because it was almost like the whites and blacks except the Germans were more cruel to them. Not today though
What are the origins of the English word 'fascism'?
What are the names of some Nazi Generals?
There were many different hig ranking members of the Nazi party. Some of the men who held the title of General included Herbert Otto Gille, Werner von Gilsa, Reinhard Heydrich, Karl Koller, and Karl Wolff.
Why did fascism rise in Europe in the 1930s?
The 1930s were a period of time in Europe after between WWI and WWII. WWI was devastating to the countries that were involved, causing economic issues mainly. Fascism first started in Italy with Benito Mussolini. It then spread to Germany and Spain. Usually in a time of political and economic turmoil (such as during a recession or war), voters turn towards radical solutions, and fascists are extreme right-winged.
What is the meaning of ex-fascist?
Somebody who was formerly a fascist.
ex (latin for "From") can be translated directly to formerly, so, for instance, an ex-Police officer would be a person who was previously a Policeman but isn't now.
Who wasn't common to both fascism and communism?
There is pretty much no historical figure who was both a fascist and communist in the true meaning of those words. Some today consider the Chinese Communist Party to be a Fascist Government, but this mistakes the name "Communist" as having anything to do with Marxist Doctrine and mistakes Fascist as purely being authoritarian and corporatist as opposed to its ideological bases as well.
What does the number 88 have to do with Hitler and the Nazis?
It stands for the eighth letter of the alphabet, H. 88 = HH or "Heil Hitler".
How did German Nazism and Italian Fascism attitudes about race differ?
they gave world another direction...Germans hate Jews while Italians hate black people
