Film lesson:schindleres list

Schindleres List was a hollywood version of Night and Fog. It was less graphic than Night and Fog but it still showed the main idea of the holocaust. It was sad when the children were looking for a place to hide and then the little boy had to hide inside where the people go to use the bathroom. None of the children wanted him to hide with him so he had no choice. That part really got to me because no child should have to gone through what he did. Also how they would trick the children to go on the trains. Then when the trains are leaving the parents would see them leaving and they knew where they were going and the children where just waving at their parents and that was probably the last time their parents saw them alive. The scene that would forever stay in my head is when the woman comes up to them and tells them that the building isnt going to last standing up because it was built wrong. Instead of believing her, they shoot her in the head. That scene reminds me of Saving Private Ryan when a solider sits down and takes out his helmet and right away he gets shot in the head. That was a scene i would never forget.
As i said in my last blog, Night and Fog was good in details in what happened but Schindleres list got to me with the scenes with the children. So that movie was good in explaining what the children went through during this time but Night and Fog should be seen if you want to see what really happened during the holocaust. Night and Fog has more graphic details though so it might be offensive to some people.

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"

My reactions to this movie is that is was really hard living during the holocaust. People didnt deserve to die that way and it shouldnt have gone the way it did. The scene that really got to me was when they found the bodies after the jews were liberated. All of those bodies were just there in one pile. Jews were just mistreated and they were all treated unfairly because of one man.
For me personally Night and fog showed a better view of what the holocaust was like. The hollywood version in my opinion exaggerates and it makes it longer and adds things.Night and Fog was simple and it showed what was actually happening.Not to mention it actually shows the scenes that was happening. It shows the details that the jews had to deal with for the few years that Hitler was in charge.

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty of Veresailles was the treaty that ended World War one. It was signed on June 28, 1919. Basically the treaty blamed Germany for the cause of the war. At the end, Germany took the blame and they had to end up paying expensives for the war. Before the war, Germany owned a bunch of land all across Europe and Asia. After the treaty of Versailles was signed, Germany had lost alot of their land to the Allies which were the United States, Britian, and France.
So after the treaty was signed and in place, Germany had lost alot of land, went into an economic depression and was basically defeated really badly by this war and the treaty. Since Germany was in a bad shape at that time Hitler came into the picture. Hitler promised them that he wil be the one to put Germany back into the shape it was once. That Germany would be powerful with the most powerful military and that they would regain all the land that they lost. Germany was desperate to be strong again so they gave into his ways and soon enough Hitler became a dicatator and the rest went down in history. This is why the Treaty of Versailles is very controversial now in days. If the treaty was never signed or if Germany was never blamed for the war than Germany wouldnt have lost all their land and never lost so much money and they wouldnt have gave into Hitler. Then Hitler woulnt have gone into power and the holocaust would have never happened, and a World War two would have never existed.
It seems that way but is it really true? Did Germany's blame of the war really cause this chain of events? The treaty was not fair in my opinion. The allies shouldnt have blamed Germany for the War. They lost alot in the war and took forever to regain what they had lost. Without this blame in this treaty, then world war two would have never happened and maybe the world would have been differently both econmically and politically.

Mustafa Kemal and the modernzation of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal modernize Turkey by making turkey a republican party. Before Mustafa came into the picture, Turkey was run by the Ottoman Empire. When Mustafa came into power, woman got the right to vote in the year 1934. He also introduced Turkey to secularism. Secularism is when Religion is seperated from all public affairs such as state laws, education, and cultural affairs. The laws in Turkey were now not based on religion anymore. Religion was treated seperatly and not used for the laws and other stuff. He also reformed the country of Turkey, replacing traditional concepts with more modern concepts. His revolution was based on the reforms he made in Turkey. Nationalism was also part of his revolution to moderinize Turkey. His idea of nationalism is not racism, its preserving the independence of Turkey and also to help the political development of Turkey. It respected the independence and the right to their own independence of each nation. Turkeys modernization was based on ecnomical and technological developments in Turkey.

Film Lesson- "Gandi"

Gandhi did a lot to help India gain its independence. India also went through a lot and without Gandhi, then they probably wouldn't have made it through all of that and gained their independence. Gandhi believed in a no violence revolution. So he refused to fight back if India fought back. There was a scene in the movie where the people that followed and believed in Gandhi where they would go up to the Indian policeman that were under the British Rule and then they would get hit by them. The civilians didn't do anything but get hit and then the woman just went up to them and took care of their wounds. It was just a chain and they kept going. It was really sad that they would just accept getting hit by their own people. Even though they were still under British rule they were still Indian.
Gandhi did a salt march in which Indians would go into the Indian ocean and get their own salt. They would do this in order to insure they weren't going to buy anymore from the British. In order to show that they would not give in into the British and that they can go on their own, then they would make their own salt. It was like an act of rebellion towards the British. There was also a massacre that changed everything. In the movie, after the Ami star massacre, Gandhi decided to make a non-violence revolution. He didn't want to be like the British and be at their level with violence so he did a non--violence revolution. His philosophy was that if it was a non-violence revolution, they would see that they are not like them. No i dont think India would have gotten their independence from Britain without Gandhi because he had alot to do with their independence.
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The Russian Revolution

Before the Russian Revolution, they were seperated into three governments. One government was run by Czar Nicholas two. Under Czar's rule, Russia got involved in world war one. Many Russian soliders lost their life in that war. Also they were in starvation because they didnt have much food. Another government was a provisional government it was basically like a temporary government. The provisional government couldn't get them out of world war one. There was a russian revolution because of "mini revolutions" in Feburary 1917. Another Russian Revolution was in October in the year 1917. In feburary 1917, Czar was removed from power and was no longer in power. Thats when the provisional government was put in place. Since Czar was not in power anymore, they needed someone to keep Russia in place.

The revolution that took place in October was also called the Bolshevik Revolution. This revolution turned the provisional government into the Soviet Union. Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik group. They turned Russia into a communist country because they believed in the teaching of Karl Marx. The Bolshevik knew that they wouldnt be able to be kept in power if they stayed in the democratic state that they were in, so they announced that they were turning into a dicatorship. This sparked the Russian Revolution of October.

Causes of World War 1.

There are many causes for world war 1. Some of the main causes of the first world war was Nationalism and impearlism. World War one started on 1914 and lasted all through 1918. Countries that backed up each other would get involved if the country they were protecting got involved then they would get involved trying to protect the country. The thing that caused it to become a world war was the assination of Francis Ferdinand. The seribian black hand killed the archduke and his wife because he wanted to bring together Austria-Hungary and Serbia to make a Triple empire. Serbia didnt want this because the rule under Austria-hungary will break Serbia apart and they dont like being under their rule. So then Austria wanted to destroy Serbia for killing their archduke. Since Austria wanted to destroy Serbia, Germany was right behind them and decided to destroy Serbia too. The Austrian government officialy declared war on Serbia on July 28 1914.

Another cause of world war one, is Nationalism. Countries thought that they were better than the other countries so they would declare war. Also, Alliances were reasons for the world war to happen. The alliances were made in secret so people wouldn't know about these alliances. When people did find out about the alliances, they would get mad and they were suspicious of the alliances. Alliances also bought the question of power. Sure they were together now during war, but what happens after the war? Will they still be in an alliance? Who would get more power?