“Strength Through Joy”: “Strength through Joy” (Kraft durch Freud in German) was a state-ran leisure organization during the Nazi’s reign in Germany led by Robert Ley. The organization was part of the German Labour Front, and its role was to promote National Socialism to middle-class workers. The organization made National Socialism appealing to the middle classes by making activities available to them that had only previously been available to the leisure class (i.e. Cruises, ski trips). “Strength through Joy” gave middle class workers vacation time, access to affordable cars, and even sick leave. The organization was extremely popular as “Strength through Joy” had about 30 million workers as members by 1936. The organization was veiled as a populist program created to elevate the working class’ status; however, the program’s purpose was to promote the Nazi party by catering to the …show more content…
That is mostly true. The historical significance of this battle is, it weakened the German Army. The whole 6th German Army was taken out in the battle. Because of the extreme losses experienced in the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany was forced to pull a lot of forces from the Western Front to replace the casualties. This battle was significant because it caused the Germans to lose a lot of manpower in the West, which allowed the Allies to gain some ground. Furthermore, the Axis Powers never gained the strategic advantage on the Eastern Front after the battle. The Battle of Stalingrad weakened Germany so much on both fronts that it widely considered as the beginning of the end for Germany in World War 2. This is because Germany began to lose much of its annexed and occupied territories after this battle. Simply, the Battle of Stalingrad is historically significant because it severely weakened the German Army, which made it easier for the Allies to push them
In this paper this author will introduce three different characters in the movie The Joy Luck Club. The characters that will be analyzed in this paper are June, Lindo and Rose These characters will be in different life stages of their life with different challenges. This author will identify the life challenges the character is facing at that point in their life. Then the author will identify the cultural challenges each character facing and how they impact their life in the movie.
Words and images were silent weapons used by all governments involved during World War II. Wars are generally fought between soldiers, but the different ideologies often meet on the battlefield as well. The support of the people is crucial during these times since it general knowledge that strength relies on numbers. Propaganda targets people’s emotions and feelings and changes people’s perception about a particular idea, people or situation. Propaganda goes hand in hand with the art of persuasion and convincing; these tools can control and manipulate the collective minds of massive amount of its audience. During World War II, for instance, the elements of war were taken from the location of the military fights and brought to the households of millions of families. Advertising has the power to sell ideas, to give or take away hope, and to boosts people´s morale; the ideas that were presented to the public through propaganda are immortal, they linger in the nation’s memory. Images often displayed in posters and pamphlets during war time, were an essential factor to gain peoples support and trust, images attract people’s attention with more efficiency than word. It is an effective mean to attract attention; it I said that images speak louder than words and this case is not the exception. Media, during World War II, was the catalyst which increased the magnitude of the issue that was being confronted. This event left a mark in our history since its objective was to generate hatred between ethnics. It is in our nature, the human nature, to take our own culture as a point of reference to judge others, this is a phenomenon called ethnocentrism and it is fuelled bye prejudice and stereotyping. Throughout history whenever technologically...
The Soviet Union’s massive success in this battle marked the war turning in favor of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad was fought from July 1942 to February 1943. On 19 November 1942, the Red Army launched a carefully planned counteroffensive led by General Georgy Zhukov. By the time of the counteroffensive, the Germans were outnumbered 1,011,000 to 1,103,000.
The Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, is an excellent propaganda film that has many images that are meant to inspire, encourage, and invigorate the German people to be reborn. The film was made in 1934 during the rise of Adolf Hitler as the fuhrer of Nazi Germany. Hitler rose from the rank of a corporal in the German army to an inmate in a German jail. Hitler, once released, used fascist propaganda to promote the Nazi party. The propaganda promised to restore Germany as an economic leader in Europe while improving the lives of the German citizen. This pretense of a better life for German people won Hitler the dictatorship of Germany. Triumph of the Will is a good example of how propaganda entices the masses into
Particular, is a word used to single out something or someone who is great or intense. It is the word I chose to describe Kouros of Tenea, an ancient Greek statue of a young man. The work of art caught my eye just seconds after walking into the room. While I did notice every other statue, this is the one that brought about my curiosity. The artist, anonymous, built the statue around the mid-6th century BCE where it is now on display at the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, Germany. Throughout that time, the Greeks had begun building sculptures of young men and women. Kouros of Tenea was originally created using marble, and was later reconstructed using plaster casts. It was the mixture of creativity throughout the figure as a whole that captured my attention. Although the statue itself did not represent emotion, the artist was successful in bringing about my emotions. Kouros of Tenea illustrated a vigorous frontal pose of the body accompanied by a soft natural looking face. Surprisingly, the artist made me feel a sense of strength and serenity. While the combination of these words isn’t typically found together, several aspects of the statue’s structure made it possible.
The Nazis are infamous for their heavy use of propaganda during their reign in the Third Reich, they used many means of propaganda such as posters, cartoons, radio, film, etc. The German citizens’ constant exposure to all of this propaganda from all directions had a deep psychological and psychoanalytical impact on them, it redefined their identity and who they were as well as what they thought of the world around them. Nazi propaganda often had deep symbolic meaning usually associated with anti-semitism and German nationalism, these elements were already present in the minds of the majority of Germans so it wasn’t hard for Adolf Hitler and the rest of the Nazi party to further provoke and enrage the emotions of people concerning these things, they merely had to tap into these pre disposed emotions in a way that would have the most favourable psychological impact for the Nazis. Some of the opinions and mindsets that German citizens had may have been there even before the Nazis came into power and made it seemed like they were brainwashing people with their propaganda, but with what justification can it be said that Nazi propaganda had a psychological and psychoanalytic impact on the German population to a great extent, rather than it being the work of pre set psychological states of mind of people due to the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression, Hyperinflation, and other sources which may have led the German population to support and hold anti-semitistic and nationalistic ideologies.
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the most important and also bloody battles that ever existed during World War Two. This battle lasted from August 23, 1942- February 2, 1943. The Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War.
The battle of Stalingrad was such a significant even in the outcome of the second world war and the Russian revolution nearly 10 years before. Important enough that George Orwell or (Eroc Blare) decide to write a story in allegory to the occurring events across seas.
More the seven decades has passed from the end of the Stalingrad battle, one of the greatest military battles in history between Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. By importance, the numbers of participants, horrendous casualties, and dreadful consequences, Stalingrad who first called Caricin , now Volgograd , more than any other clash in history had an influence on the destiny of mankind.
Introductory Paragraph: Propaganda is a tool of influence that Adolph Hitler used to abuse the German population by brainwashing them and completely deteriorating an entire race. How does one person get the beliefs of an entire country? Hitler put Joseph Goebbels in charge of the propaganda movement. Goebbels controlled every element of propaganda, there were many varieties of Nazi Propaganda. Propaganda was also being used as a tool to gain the support of the German population for the war, and supporting their government. The Jew’s were the targeted race and were completely pulverized by the Nazi’s. Hitler not only tried to destroy an entire race, he gained complete control of an entire country.
When a person sees a new advertisement or commercial for their favorite shoe company, they immediately want to go and check out their latest designs. Similarly, propaganda uses different sources of media to encourage people to buy a certain item that will benefit their country or an organization. Propaganda was used in World War II to encourage citizens to buy certain tools or participate in certain events to help the soldiers fighting. Both video and radio advertisements were used by the Allied and Axis powers to encourage citizens to aid the war effort, resulting in a rise of nationalism and resentment towards opposing sides.
Hitler Youth was a well taught powerful weapon. It was probably Hitler’s most powerful weapon. This was a great idea by Hitler, but it was consequential for the future of Germany thinking that everybody is evil in the eyes of the Germans. The three main topics about this are : that kids were trained to be in the military or aid the military. Hitler was a great strategist and Hitler Youth was a great strategy. The last one is how this was a good idea, it really was a great idea but for the wrong reasons. Why was this program effective towards the world and why did it fall with Germany after the war?
By assessing the personal meaning of events, emotion comes up. What’s more, positive emotions have not only a role of marking happiness, but also a function to continue
Before the operation, Stalin had made numerous decisions that damaged his country’s capacity to respond to the German attack. First, during 1930s Stalin purges. If you are found guilty or a threat, you are sent to labor in Siberia or were executed. With this politic, Stalin executed 81 of the 103 generals and admirals .At that moment of the war, Red Army leadership were less experienced than before. Second, Stalin did not consider his military leader recommendations which were to mobilize more forces to protect the boarder (BBC, 2013).On the other hand, the German Army was developed. They had one of the best Armies in the
Striving for happiness is a fact about human life. It is considered one of the main goals of our life. Happiness is achieved when one flourishes, lives, and does well. An ethical life is a happy life. To lead an ethical life is to consider the happiness of others and to value yourself. Everyone desires to be fulfilled, but there is no point of being happy if our actions or intentions are bad. In order to achieve the life of complete virtue, we need to make the right choices and decisions.