Sunday, January 23, 2011

Propaganda, the control of the mind


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In this propaganda poster, Hitler tells us that the Nazi's are mmuch stronger than the kings (the queen or king) while the white piece is small and weak. They can only move forwards, but not backwards while the King or Queen (Nazi) can control the board and change the future since they can move any direction, changing the outcome. The Wording says

“Check the war-mongers of the world. Every vote for the Führer!”


In Kristalnacht, 1938, November 9th-10th. The very first attack to the Jews, this name which stands out to the Jewish people. On this day, many people had died, 275 destroyed synagogue, 75 businesses destroyed and looted, 1000 homes of Jewish people destroyed and looted, 30,000 Jewish people were sent to concentration camp and 100 killed. In the end, no one was to blame for all the millions of broken glass and destroyed homes. They destroyed synagogue's, their religion, their place to worship., soon 30,000 Jewish men and women were sent to camps. Kristalnacht was the warning, the small problem.

Kristalnacht was name because of the millions of sharded glass on the floor, destroyed by the Nazi. Goebell, the ministry of propaganda, ended the invasion toward the 10th of November. Adolf Hitler, as soon he became to power he made many poster of fat, low class, and many negative thought about the Jews, Adolf Hitler changed people perceptions on things because of these posters, first they had little reason why they should hate Jews, now they know why they should hate Jews, but Hitler brainwashed them, Hitler propaganda phrase ,
" If you tell people a lie enough times they will believe it."- Adolf Hitler


They made the first concentration camp in 1933 March in Dachau, which was made who opposed against Hitler. 30,000 Men and women were in the camp, out of 30,000, 2,500 didn' make out alive, 17,500 made it but how was it possible for any country to take them in? America had a limit amount of people come and Canada taking no Jew immigrants to their country. Their very own infamous quote saying "How many should we take in? None is too many." -- Canada
Even though it was really difficult in Germany, there was more to come even outside Germany, lucky one who went across world were lucky instead of being trapped in Germany and where they know things will go bad.

The most shocking part in history was, the turning point, in the histroy between 1933 to 1938, is mostly when Kristalnacht happened. When Kristalnacht happened, it was a warning, the warning towards the Jewish people who thought Hitler was just a small problem, then it turned out in the end many Jews died. Kristallnacht was also the first attack to the Jews and the Jews have lost their freedom or rights in Germany and now Goebell wants to attack the Jews. To me this is absulotly frightning, if I were a German soldier I wouldn't even stand, I would be horrified and completly mad. Even though it was the Hindenburg's fault of signing the treaty and making the country sign the treaty of Versailles causing all the trouble, you can't tell the difference which is worst. Being a German when the hyper-inflation happened and all the economy busted, food supply low or being a Jew, sent to concentration camps and being starved for many days and night, paying 1,000,000,000 mark for not doing the damage while the Germans destroyed the Jews property, having no right to do many things like: going to town, can't go to places full with Nazis. Mostly losing your dignity, power, and having humiliation towards the Germans.

There is no way Germans think they had more pain than the Jews, the Jews where more humiltiated then the Jews and what is more bad is that they have no more civil rights!

During the ruling of Hitler, they made many proparganda poster, even though these are just poster, these brainwashed many people. " If you tell people a lie enough times they will believe it."--Adolf Hitler. This quote may of think its just nothing but in Germany, each wall and corner you turn is a poster, the however makes them see almost soo many poster around so this made Adolf Hitlers Propaganda work, not just one street, but all of the street, its nearly impossible to not see one of the posters in Germany, this made his plan go forward. What was really outstanding and I never knew about was that in every poster there is a picture, this picture is the one which makes viewer want to see, not just Hitlers face, but Hitler knew that if he put bad pictures of Jews and Germans mich better than it will draw people eye towards it, Hitler knew that the people of Germany or everyone is most likely drawn to see picture. Also what was really interesting was that in the very first time when Germany had Hitler ruling and said to boycott the Jews stores, the Germans have no reason to hate, boycott the Jews, they had little reason to hate them. While Hitler had many reason, with his power, he changed the whole mind of Germany. Boycotting Jew products or businesses, making Jew go away if there is many Germans in the area (moving away them from other people), then soon destroying their property and German not being blamed says that the Jew owner have to pay the price for the damage = 1,000,000,000 mark ( 1 billion mark), and then Goebell told that the Nazi's were going to attack the Jews, Kristalnacht is the very first attack 1938, Novaember 9th-10th, this changed the life of a Jew, then the most devastating weapon, the concentration camps, even though it wouldn't kill you in one shot you will starve to death. These all were stages of the Genocide.

When I see this, I think of how humane was Hitler? How can he hate even though Jews help the Germans in the first World War? Hitler can use propaganda to hate the Jews for the humiliation towards other country but Hitler went to far, he started killing the Jews like the concentration camp what happened to Bruno and Shmuel. But the biggest reason is that how can a man, a man with no feelings toward the Jews, being starved to death. The Jews had the same thing also, they were starving during the World War 1. The Nazi men just threw the Jews as if they were junk, or trash and think of them as the problem of war. What I learn't so far was really shocking, interesting, and not wanting the truth. I can not beleve any more that Canada took not alot of people to their country, this is must be the most frustrating obstacle to over-come if you were a Jew.

Monday, January 17, 2011

My Secret Brain

During the discussion in class about learning profiles, I learnt which part of my brain was the dominant part. My right hemisphere is dominant meaning that I am a gestalt learner. A gestalt learner sees the big picture rather than small details that a logic person would know and see.

However,while I am a gestalt learner with the right hemisphere very dominant one part of me ,my eyes is not. I am right eared, right handed, and right footed. However I am left eyed. This gives me a learning profile of "K".

So my teacher needs to understands that I learn best by through movement, like drama. For example the play for Theseus, it was easier to understand the story line than anything else, it stuck with me than reading from the book. Even though I have a upper hand in Visual, I need to see the the whole picture and need the most information.

As I, a student, I can't communicate really well if under-stress. Sometimes I can see the whole picture in math, but I need to make it smaller pieces so I could understand the whole picture. This happens to humanities subject mostly, it is hard to take it in some big facts, hard to understand to even though I can see the whole picture.

I should be responsible where I sit in class if I read with my left eye, and read right to left, I need to find a comfortable place to seat instead of sitting in the wrong area. I would try to understand hard information and try to make the information much easier instead of being helpless. I would need to really now how to communicate properly by reading out loud, writing, drawing. I need to sit in front of the class on the left side of the room so I can easily see the board instead of having trouble reading.

Responsiblity of the death of Bruno

In this book "The boy in Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyrne. Bruno is killed in the 18th chapter of the book which is well knwon, who is responsible? Who is responsible for his death

The ones who should could be responsible for his death should be:
Hitler.
His father.
David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.
The Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson.

Each of them played the role for Bruno's death. Each charactar had a significant movement towards his death. Even the part that never happened in the book and even occur.

His father, Ralph, if Bruno's dad never became a Commandant then Bruno could of never seen the fence which made him explore more and he meets Shmuel, which leads him to his death but it wasn't Shmuels fault that he lead to Bruno's death. Bruno could still meet Shmuel even if they never made it to Auschwitz they still could see other striped pajama or Jews, could the camp be in Berlin? Could Bruno see a camp far of the distance in his window and see a "camp"? It wasn't Bruno's dad fault EVEN though he lead him to the trap.

The next victim in line who made the whole situation since he is really powerful is Hitler, or Fuhrer. Bruno's dad couldn't made the camps, couldn't control most the things happening, so thats why I think Hitler is the one to blame but not all of the blame.

Hitler was a German solider fighting for his country but he was frustrated that in Germany was in a bad state, where they had hyperinflation of ecnomy, 2,000,000 soldiers died in WWI and starved people. Germany was in a crisis. So Hitler had to do something, he can't lets down his country, he was desperate to make Germany strong, but then he went too far. Hitler is responsible for the Extermination camps to kill jews and for the cost of all the lives of the Jews who are dead. Also responsible for the war which made the reason killed. But those people could of been alive IF there was a motive that made Hitler made war, Hitlers motive was to make Germany a better place, strong again, and proud. He was blaming for the contract that the president of Germany signed the "Treaty of Versailles". Which to away there proud and power token away. Hitler motive was the contract, "The treaty of Versailles"

The Treaty of Versailles, the one which made the war, the one which caused Germany fall and make the 2nd World war. Even though it was to bring peace, it was just too harsh to the Germans and to call it "peace". Woodrow Wilson was suppose to make the 15 point peace plan worked, since it was his idea to end all war he had to think that the Treaty of Versailles was harsh to the Germans. It was plot of the plan to Bruno's death, Bruno would of been alive IF the 15-point peace plan was not to harsh the Germans until Hitler came to rise. This is Hitler motive in my theory because this 15-point peace plan did not succeeded in making freedom instead making Germany worse, making revenge. BUT the 15-point peace plan made by Woodrow Wilson was the perfect plan before it was rewrote by the ones really responsible to Bruno's death, the prime minister or president of France, Britain, and Italy, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. These three in my opinion why Bruno in the book "Boys in Striped Pjyamas" died.

David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando should be the one to blame for Bruno's death even though Hitler made the concentration camps, it was Hitlers motive that made the war. These three people made the treaty wrosen to the Germans so that made Germans angry.

So if David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando weren't that harsh to the Germans, than there would never been a holocaust or many dead Jews.

Summary:

David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando ones to blame because of the holocaust

Hitler was the one responsible for the killings and war but it wasn't his fault if the Treaty was better.

Ralph or Commandant was responsible for PARTLY of his death even tough he led him to Auschwitz making him bored because he had nobody to talk to so he adventures.

Treaty of Versailles, was the Hitler's motive to destroy all Jew because he blames them for the troubles. Treaty of Versailles was bad because of the victors of war.



By: Amin Zakariah