Olivia Rau Ms. Hackett English 8 Period 4 May 22, 2014 Book Report Book Title: Code Name Verity Author: Elizabeth Wein Number of Pages: 368 Genre: Historical Fiction Point of View: Third person, First person The point of view is third person because the girl Verity (narrator) is writing the story of what happened to Maddie while they were together. It is also first person because the narration switches to a girl named Maddie who describes what she is doing and what she sees. Setting:
The wrath of the Einsatzgruppen Heinick Hummler once said, ¨The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love only for their fear¨. This quote means by showing fear to people it will give them power, men will hate them but they only want the fear of the people to become the master race.Mobile killing squads as Members of the Einsatzgruppen dealt with psychological affects of there actions of the war. To better to understand
Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler was the Reich Leader (Reichführer) of the dreaded SS of the Nazi Party from 1929 until 1945. Heinrich presided over an immense ideological and bureaucratic empire that defined him for many (on the inside and outside the third Reich) as the second most powerful man in German during the time of World War Two. Heinrich was born on October 7, 1900 into the middle- class. He was born in Munrich, Germany. (www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/himmler.html) In
Geheime Staatspolizei “Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o’clock in the morning and knows it is the milman and not the Gestapo” - Georges Bidault Geheime Staatspolizei was German for “Secret State Police,” and was also called the Gestapo. It was started when the Nazi party seized control of Germany in 1933, and soon Reinhard Heydrich became the commander, a position he served in until September of 1942 through many changes of name and even duties that the Gestapo underwent. At first