The Holocaust, something everyone never wants to see, to hear about, or to experience ever again. It was a terrible event that took place around the time of World War 2 in Germany. Hitler is the only man responsible in everyone’s eyes. He is the man everyone thinks of when we hear the word, Holocaust. He targeted mainly Jews, but what about everyone else? What happened to the regular people living in Germany during this time? What did the normal non-Jewish, citizen do when all this happened? The lifestyle of a regular German was affected majorly by this and changed the way Germans are today. How they lived before the war, right after the war, and how it has affected them now are major components in the way Germans are.
Before the World War 2, Germany was in a lot of debt. They had a lot of borrowing to do from other countries because of the Treaty of Versailles. Also, The Nazi’s were not a big power, and seemed almost harmless to government officials. Citizens did not have to worry about concentration camps, or any real harm being done to them. This life would not last long for them as Hitler is announced chancellor. A lot of propaganda was being used for the Nazi’s to promote hatred towards Jews. It surrounded all the people and was seen almost everywhere. The Nazi’s wanted to make Jews seem sub-human and give them no reason at all for living. More and more people started following what the Nazi’s were promoting which was making them more powerful. A lot of people did not know the truth of why their country was in so much debt, so the propaganda of, “All the problems this country has is because of the Jews” made people follow the Nazi’s. Jews were excluded from German society and could not even start their own business. Jews had it the toughest during this time because Nazi’s made more people turn on them.
Germany changed drastically after World War 2. As quickly as the war ended so did the Nazi’s. It was illegal to put a swastika on anything. Once Hitler was dead Karl Donitz became the new president of Germany. In his speech after he became president he saw Hitler as a hero. Donitz was president for only twenty days before he was convicted of unrestricted submarine warfare, which landed him in prison for ten years. Germans lives after World War 2 were focused on repairing Germany more than anything else. Germany was destroyed during the war. There was no more Germany, it was divided into four zones, American, British, French, and Soviet. Also inflation rose by 85%. What helped Germany get out of this mess was the Cold war and the long postwar.
During the break I got a chance to interview one of my dad’s employee’s son. They just moved to San Diego from Germany so I got a chance to ask him some brief questions about what Germany is like now. I told him I was doing a report about Germany after World War 2 so he knew I wasn’t asking him random questions. First I asked, “What is Germany like?” He responded, “It is normal, not really any different from here.” Second I asked, “How do you think World War 2 affected the way Germany is now?” He responded, “I don’t really hear much about the past and all the bad stuff that happened because a lot of people don’t like to think about it.” Thirdly, I asked, “Do your school teachers talk about the bad things in the past often?” He responded, “Not really, like I said people don’t like to think about that stuff anymore. Lastly I asked, “What do you think your life would be like now if all the bad stuff didn’t happen?” He responded, “It would probably be exactly like here, except for the language. People wouldn’t be scared to bring up the past.” Germany was affected majorly by this war. It changed the way Germany is today and the way it is going to be. No one likes to talk about the Holocaust because it brings bad memories to their minds. Germans lifestyles were changed drastically, and would not want to be the way it was during World War 2.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Discovering Oil
Discovering Oil
Oil is used in almost everything today. There is oil that comes from a plant, and oil that comes from the ground. Finding oil in the ground was one of the greatest discoveries ever made and changed the way we live today. It seems like it drives everything, literally. We use oil pretty much every day of our lives. It is used in automobiles which we use every day. When and where oil was discovered, what oil is used for, and how it changed the way we live today is very important.
Oil was discovered in Persia, or as of today it is known as Saudi Arabia. A British man by the name of William D’Arcy was the first to go explore for it in Persia. He convinced the Persian government to allow him to explore Persia for oil. The reason he went to Persia to explore was because there was said to be oil seeps in Persia being found for thousands of years. D’Arcy went bankrupt during his exploration, and was scared he might sell his concession to a foreign country other than keeping it for Britain. By that time The British had already made a British oil company, Burmah Oil, to help D’Arcy with his financial problem. Finally after this, in 1905, large amounts of oil had been discovered.
Oil has always had many uses. We use it a lot today. In the past oil was used for kerosene lighting, used in furnaces, and in the development of automobiles. A writer by the name of Jeremy Williams said oil has five key moments in history. The first he said is forming the electric light bulb. For lighting in the past oil was used in kerosene lamps. This was a cheap way to by lighting since it did not require tons of money to be made. Shortly after, Thomas Edison found a way more efficient way by inventing the light bulb by using electricity for lighting. The second Williams said was used to make the model T Ford. Before oil, cars were dirty and very expensive, people called it the “horseless carriage” for how insufficient it was for the expense of it. In 1908, Henry Ford created a conveyor belt, ran by oil, which easily out produced the old way of making cars. His invention changed car production forever.
Williams third point was that it made World War I. Oil and this world war linked the two together. Warfare changed dramatically with tanks and air forces. Churchill made petrol-driven boats (petrol, meaning oil because petroleum is the base of oil). These oil powered boats easily out-performed, out-maneuvered, and destroyed the coal powered boats. This war made the U.S. dependent on oil because all of our major war machines were powered by it. The fourth point said by Williams, was that it led to the discovery of fertilizer. A German chemist named Fritz Haber, had already been extracting nitrogen from the air. He then put it under extreme pressure and heat which turned it to ammonia which can be used for fertilizing. After this discovery, agricultural yields had doubled. People ate healthier too. In the fifty years the agricultural yields doubled, so did the world population. This led to many more farms, and much more healthy foods brought to the world. The fifth and final key point Jeremy Williams said oil led to was the production of synthetic rubber. Rubber was made before oil, there is natural rubber for example. In 1941, at the very top of World War II, Japan seized the rubber plantations in the Amazon cutting off usage from other countries. A flat tire for countries was almost like a death sentence. The U.S. turned to petrochemicals, which provided synthetic rubber not just for rafts and tires, but it also created nylon, Plexiglas, and nitrogen ammonia for plastic explosives. Jeremy Williams was the provider for this information.
Those five key points explained by Jeremy Williams shaped the way we live today. Looking back on all those examples, we do not use the old way of those any more. We use electric light bulbs instead of kerosene lit lamps in our houses. All cars are produced the way Henry Ford made the Model T. Oil is used in warfare today in the same way and in new ways. Today fertilizer is always used in growing plants. Finally, synthetic rubber and the other discoveries when producing that are used in all different kinds of ways. Without those discoveries, who knows how our world today is. Where most people see the most common use of oil is in cars, boats, and airplanes. Oil is used in a wide variety of items today. Oil is one of the greatest discoveries ever made.
http://www.celsias.com/article/five-key-moments-in-the-history-of-oil/
http://www.bookrags.com/research/oil-is-discovered-in-the-middle-eas-scit-061/
Oil is used in almost everything today. There is oil that comes from a plant, and oil that comes from the ground. Finding oil in the ground was one of the greatest discoveries ever made and changed the way we live today. It seems like it drives everything, literally. We use oil pretty much every day of our lives. It is used in automobiles which we use every day. When and where oil was discovered, what oil is used for, and how it changed the way we live today is very important.
Oil was discovered in Persia, or as of today it is known as Saudi Arabia. A British man by the name of William D’Arcy was the first to go explore for it in Persia. He convinced the Persian government to allow him to explore Persia for oil. The reason he went to Persia to explore was because there was said to be oil seeps in Persia being found for thousands of years. D’Arcy went bankrupt during his exploration, and was scared he might sell his concession to a foreign country other than keeping it for Britain. By that time The British had already made a British oil company, Burmah Oil, to help D’Arcy with his financial problem. Finally after this, in 1905, large amounts of oil had been discovered.
Oil has always had many uses. We use it a lot today. In the past oil was used for kerosene lighting, used in furnaces, and in the development of automobiles. A writer by the name of Jeremy Williams said oil has five key moments in history. The first he said is forming the electric light bulb. For lighting in the past oil was used in kerosene lamps. This was a cheap way to by lighting since it did not require tons of money to be made. Shortly after, Thomas Edison found a way more efficient way by inventing the light bulb by using electricity for lighting. The second Williams said was used to make the model T Ford. Before oil, cars were dirty and very expensive, people called it the “horseless carriage” for how insufficient it was for the expense of it. In 1908, Henry Ford created a conveyor belt, ran by oil, which easily out produced the old way of making cars. His invention changed car production forever.
Williams third point was that it made World War I. Oil and this world war linked the two together. Warfare changed dramatically with tanks and air forces. Churchill made petrol-driven boats (petrol, meaning oil because petroleum is the base of oil). These oil powered boats easily out-performed, out-maneuvered, and destroyed the coal powered boats. This war made the U.S. dependent on oil because all of our major war machines were powered by it. The fourth point said by Williams, was that it led to the discovery of fertilizer. A German chemist named Fritz Haber, had already been extracting nitrogen from the air. He then put it under extreme pressure and heat which turned it to ammonia which can be used for fertilizing. After this discovery, agricultural yields had doubled. People ate healthier too. In the fifty years the agricultural yields doubled, so did the world population. This led to many more farms, and much more healthy foods brought to the world. The fifth and final key point Jeremy Williams said oil led to was the production of synthetic rubber. Rubber was made before oil, there is natural rubber for example. In 1941, at the very top of World War II, Japan seized the rubber plantations in the Amazon cutting off usage from other countries. A flat tire for countries was almost like a death sentence. The U.S. turned to petrochemicals, which provided synthetic rubber not just for rafts and tires, but it also created nylon, Plexiglas, and nitrogen ammonia for plastic explosives. Jeremy Williams was the provider for this information.
Those five key points explained by Jeremy Williams shaped the way we live today. Looking back on all those examples, we do not use the old way of those any more. We use electric light bulbs instead of kerosene lit lamps in our houses. All cars are produced the way Henry Ford made the Model T. Oil is used in warfare today in the same way and in new ways. Today fertilizer is always used in growing plants. Finally, synthetic rubber and the other discoveries when producing that are used in all different kinds of ways. Without those discoveries, who knows how our world today is. Where most people see the most common use of oil is in cars, boats, and airplanes. Oil is used in a wide variety of items today. Oil is one of the greatest discoveries ever made.
http://www.celsias.com/article/five-key-moments-in-the-history-of-oil/
http://www.bookrags.com/research/oil-is-discovered-in-the-middle-eas-scit-061/
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