Question

1)What was the purpose of Dachau?
2)How do you feel about the Holocaust?
3)Explain the Cold War
4)What did 11/9/89 mean to the world?

Answer 1

1. Dachau was the first Nazi-regime Concentration Camp to be built. Soon after Adolf Hitler became German Chancellor in 1933, the camp was set up to house political prisoners, such as Communists, Social Democrats and Unionists. Built on the site of an ex-munition factory outside of Munich, Germany, people incarcerated in Dachau were used to build the camp complex as forced labour. Eventually, Dachau had numerous sub-camps and served as a training ground for Nazi military personnel, particularly the Deaths Head unit of the SS.

2. There is no question that it is the most horrific yet to be seen in history. It is one of the most important events in modern memory, too. It was and still is a powerful resource, while it was a horrible occurrence, to be used in educating us to stop hatred. it starts getting scary when you hear of people denying it; arguing its very existence. To allow a person to ignore all the evidence that the it actually existed, to ignore all the testimonies from individuals who experienced the its horrors; should be a warning to all of us. Until the world seizes it in its entirety, acts of genocide will continue

3. The Cold War was a long period of tension between Western World democracies and Eastern European Communist countries. The US led the west, and the Soviet Union led Eastern Europe. The two nations are known as superpowers. Though the two superpowers never formally declared war on each other, in proxy wars, the arms race, and the space race they waged indirectly. After World War II ended in 1945 the Cold War did not start too long. Although, the Soviet Union was an important member of the Allied Powers, there was great distrust between the Soviet Union and the rest of the Allies.

4. Political developments in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany in 1989 placed pressure on the East German Government to relax some of its travel restrictions to West Germany. East German spokesperson Günter Schabowski declared at a press conference on 9 November that East Germans would be able to fly to West Germany, starting right away. He declined to explain why other rules will still be in force.