an,deliberated with his wife whether the time had come to kill the entirefamily, or if he should commit suicide alone. His father spoke abouthis fear of revenge, saying, ‘Now the Allies will do to us what we did tothe crippled and Jews.’ The next day, he took Helmuth to the woods,where they spent their last happy time together, singing old children’ssongs. Later, Helmuth’s father shot himself in his office. Helmuthremembers that he saw his father’s bloody uniform being burnt in thefamily fireplace. So traumatised was he by what he had overheard andwhat had happened, that he reacted by refusing to eat at home for thefollowing nine years! He was afraid that his mother might poison him.Although Helmuth may not have realised all that it meant, his fatherhad been a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler. Many of you willknow something about the Nazis and Hitler. You probably knowof Hitler’s determination to make Germany into a mighty powerand his ambition of conquering all of Europe. You may have heardthat he killed Jews. But Nazism was not one or two isolated acts. Itwas a system, a structure of ideas about the world and politics. Letus try and understand what Nazism was all about. Let us see whyHelmuth’s father killed himself and what the basis of his fear was.In May 1945, Germany surrendered to the Allies. Anticipating whatwas coming, Hitler, his propaganda minister Goebbels and his entirefamily committed suicide collectively in his Berlin bunker in April.At the end of the war, an International Military Tribunal atNuremberg was set up to prosecute Nazi war criminals for Crimesagainst Peace, for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.Germany’s conduct during the war, especially those actions whichNazism and the RiseNazism and the RiseNazism and the RiseNazism and the RiseNazism and the Riseof Hitlerof Hitlerof Hitlerof Hitlerof HitlerNazism and the Rise of HitlerFig.1 – Hitler (centre) and Goebbels (left)leaving after an official meeting, 1932.New wordsAllies – The Allied Powers were initially led by the UK and France.In 1941 they were joined by the USSR and USA. They foughtagainst the Axis Powers, namely Germany, Italy and Japan.Chapter IIIRationalised 2023-24

Which of the following explains why Hitler had reason to be angry about events at Dunkirk?

Shooting the Jews one by one proved to take too long, so the Germans began to execute them by ______.blindfolding them and leading them into large bodies of water.running the engine exhaust into the compartment in which they were being held.exposing them to biological warfare.making them drink a poisonous substance.

Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe's beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again. Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And even if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them for that rage, and also for their compassion. Though he did not understand their language, their eyes told him what he needed to know that they, too, would remember, and bear witness.Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999Why does Wiesel begin "The Perils of Indifference" by thanking the U.S. soldiers who freed him from the concentration camp as a child?A.To reprimand the soldiers of other countries who did nothing to helpB.To appeal to the audience who were mostly from the United StatesC.To inform the international audience that U.S. soldiers helped himD.To tell the U.S. audience that the United States should no longer be proud of its actionsSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

"Whose nose have you cut off, you monster?" she screamed, her face red with anger. "You scoundrel! You tippler! I myself will report you to the police! Such a rascal! Many customers have told me that while you were shaving them, you held them so tight by the nose that they could hardly sit still."But Ivan Jakovlevitch was more dead than alive; he saw at once that this nose could belong to no other than to Kovaloff, a member of the Municipal Committee whom he shaved every Sunday and Wednesday.. . .And Ivan Jakovlevitch was silent. The thought that the police might find him in unlawful possession of a nose and arrest him, robbed him of all presence of mind. Already he began to have visions of a red collar with silver braid and of a sword and he trembled all over.Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose"What inference can you make from this passage from "The Nose"?A.That Ivan dislikes Kovaloff and is glad his nose was cut offB.That Kovaloff is a kind person and didn't deserve to lose his noseC.That Ivan's wife loves him and wishes he were a braver manD.That Ivan is often blamed for things that are not his faultSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which event gave Hitler 'Emergency Powers'?