* Leaving cert history - predictions / aftermath * (1 thread please)

martyllia

Kristallnacht 1938
Nuremberg Laws 1935
Just before the Final Solution he wanted to send them to Madagascar


i do't think there'll be a q on anti semitism on its own ,it can be linked to overall society during ww II,including germans & british (rationed food,the propaganda Churchill sperad that they're doin great etc)

there was only one q on hitler's fp years ago,so its a great possibility,i'm doin mussolini's fp too in case they may ask to compare ,or if they ask about the pacts etc in the inter war period

Jolly Red Giant

PurpleVintage wrote: »

I dont know why but every time I hear a question related to Foreign Policies my mind goes blank and I havent a clue what i'm supposed to talk about. It's not that idk the stuff, i just dont think i'm used to the question (as I usually just do essays rather than answer questions!).

Go to here -

http://leavingcerthistory.net/revision/revision-handouts/#Europe%201920-1945

Then click on 'Hitler's Foreign Policy' - consider each box on the handout as a potential paragraph in your essay.

Jolly Red Giant

Fireball07 wrote: »

Are you sure about this? 100% certain?

Because in my mocks it was specifically noted on my paper that I was deducted a lot of marks for lack of relevancy on certain topics....I know it's only the mocks but I'd expect some sort of link with the actual marking scheme, I think I lost around 15% for it.

I am 100% certain - marls are not deducted for writing stuff not relevent to the question. The examiners start with and award marks for what you write - they do not deduct marks. You can check the marking scheme and you will see that there is nothing in the marking scheme that allows for the deduction of marks.

http://examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2010/LC004ALP000EV.pdf

Jolly Red Giant

snicket wrote: »

Ok this might be a stupid question but is there a set list of things you have to put in every essay you write? I've done all my notes out based on my book and other notes my teacher gave me, but looking around online there seems to be loads of stuff I don't have - I got A's in most essays I handed up over the last 2 years but there seems to be a lot I'm leaving out of a lot of essays/topics =S

You do not have to cover every single issue in an essay - you are marked for how you answer the question - in effect you make an argument and you use the information that you have as evidence. So each piece of information is a potential paragraph as long as you tie it to the essay question. A good template would be to write eight paragraphs with eight distinct issues covered relating to the question.

Remember you are writing eight paragraphs - some people write six hundred page books on a topic you are writing a few hundred words on.

GoldRush4821

I don't know if you actually want the outline plan for an essay or you're just wondering, but here's mine nonetheless:

Intro
Long tradition of anti semitism in 19th and 20th century Europe(evidenced by pogroms in Russia and Limerick in 1904(yes Limerick!)) which Hitler took advantage of when he used Jews as a scapegoat for WW1. Hitler centered his hate campaign around the Jews and the fear of a Communist invasion merged with the hatred of Jews to form the "Jewish Bolshevik threat". Hitler long advocated the view of the Aryan master race "Herrenvolk" and Jews as subhuman "untermenschen", but not until he rose to power in 1933 did these views find full expression through Nazi legislation.

Anti Semitic Propganda
e.g The Eternal Jew directed by Fritz Hippler shows Jews as vermin leaching off the state. This theme reinforced at the 1935 Nuremburg rally where the "Laws for the Protection of German Blood and Honour" derprived Jews of citizenship, forbade mixed marriages with Aryans, set quotas on Jewish students etc.. Hitler next ordered a boycott of Jewish shops "If you buy from a Jew, you are a traitor to your German country". Following this, cultural institutions were "Aryanised", where Jews were prevented from being publishers or editors. This limited criticism of anti semitic propaganda and facilitated its acceptance amongst the German population.

Persecution intensifies
During the Berlin Olympics in 1936, anti semitism was subdued but it intensified after the games finished - doctors qualifications cancelled. In October 1938, 15000 Polish Jews expelled from Germany and dumped at the Polish border, where they were refused entry. In response, a young Jew shot Ernest Von Rath of the German Foreign Office in Paris. Hitler deemed it part of a "Jewish conspiracy" and November 9 - 10 (Kristallnacht) saw widespread damage done to Jewish shops and synagogues (300 burned, 100 Jews murdered, 20000 arrested). Hitler fined the Jewish community for the damages . By 1939, half of Jews emigrate, including Einstein. Then "ghettoisation" - Lodz in April 1940 followed by Warsaw in October. "Judenrate" (councils) set up to provide "industrial protection" which they thought guaranteed against genocide, in fact the Nazis demanded 10000 "Non productive Jews" a day for "resettlement" which was in fact extermination via shooting squads. By 1939, the SS economic office looked for alternative methods of mass killing.

Wannasee conference and Massacres
January 1942, near Berlin, coordinating the work of the groups involved in the "Final solution to the Jewish question". Adolf Eichmann recorded the 85 minutes of the meeting chaired by Reinhard Heydrich of the German Security Office. The clinical, unfeeling way in which the Nazis dealt with the race war in the West was mirrored in combat directives issued to the Eastern Front. Field Marshall Von Reichenau wrote that Nazis had to understand the importance of the "complete annihalation and pitiless extermination of subhuman Jewry". Special murder squads known as Einsatzgruppen were set up, composed of the professional middle class, chosen for their ideological motivation and efficiency. They carried out some of the worst atrocities e.g Babi Yar massacre - 33000+ dead in a single operation, Rumbula 25000 over 2 days. By this stage, SS chief Himmler advocated the use of gas vans because "by their use the unpleasantness connected with execution by shooting is removed"

The Camps
Jews rounded up in to 3 camps. Work (IG Farben Auschwitz), concentration (Buchenwald) and Extermination(Treblinka). Over 3 million died here - could mention the debate over the true number here, I'm gonna cite David Irving who has called the Holocaust "a religion". I'll just say I disagree with these fanatical views, I think they'll like that. Special Jewish inmates disposed of the bodies (Sonderkommandos) in mass graves....

Conclusion
However you wanna sum up is fine... If you haven't learned it, I'd recommend this essay, hope it helps someone Good luck all!

snicket

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

You do not have to cover every single issue in an essay - you are marked for how you answer the question - in effect you make an argument and you use the information that you have as evidence. So each piece of information is a potential paragraph as long as you tie it to the essay question. A good template would be to write eight paragraphs with eight distinct issues covered relating to the question.

Remember you are writing eight paragraphs - some people write six hundred page books on a topic you are writing a few hundred words on.

That makes sense, thanks

RMD

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

I am 100% certain - marls are not deducted for writing stuff not relevent to the question. The examiners start with and award marks for what you write - they do not deduct marks. You can check the marking scheme and you will see that there is nothing in the marking scheme that allows for the deduction of marks.

http://examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2010/LC004ALP000EV.pdf

The examiner can't deduct marks, but they wont give good marks in the OE as it's not helpful. If you write 5 pages, 2 of which is completely irrelevant to the question asked it's not going to impress the examiner and it will effect your OE. Not to mention as well it will also lead to lower marks in the paragraphs as you wont get a good score for a totally irrelevant paragraph.

Megan.mcgowan

For D&D I'm only doing Anti-semitism and the Holocaust, and Britain's Social and Economic Problems suring the Inter-War Years (Jarrow). Jarrow nearly always comes up, and it wasnt up last year which makes it a good guess for tomorrow's paper.. Then just reading over a handout we have on Antisemitism for back up as its not too taxing..
I know Hitler's FP is tipped to come up but our notes are waaay too detailed to learn off in one day, and we didnt have time to even read over it in class.

For Movements for Reform I'm really only doing Strike and Lockout. Maybe read over Cultural Nationalism. I know thats really risky but I actually suck at Irish History!

Praying for Coleraine to come up too!

Megan.mcgowan

Any thoughts on Topic 4 European 1945-1992??

LC2010HIS

Am I right in saying Hitler Foreign policy is the actual chapter, 1933-39? Thats what Ive done..

martyllia

LC2010HIS wrote: »

Am I right in saying Hitler Foreign policy is the actual chapter, 1933-39? Thats what Ive done..

Mhm,but do germany at war in case they put dates 1933-1945

LC2010HIS

martyllia wrote: »

Mhm,but do germany at war in case they put dates 1933-1945

So id be adding in ww2 really?:eek:

Thats alot...

martyllia

LC2010HIS wrote: »

So id be adding in ww2 really?:eek:

Thats alot...

just go over it,don't need to know much about it, just to have on it 2 paragraphs,in case they say up to 1945,cz if they do that and you won't say anythin about it you will loose lots of marks.

Invasion of Poland & France & Denmark
Blitz on Britain
El Alemain
Battle of Stalingrad
Siegerfield Line & Maginot Line

LC2010HIS

^ Thanks


Ive covered - Hitler F Policy 33-39 (will do up to 45 in a few) Antisemitism, rise of fascism today.
Im going to do Irish and US now. But just kind of need reassurance on what Ive left out and what Im doing so..

For Irish - SF and 1918, Anglo Irish Treaty, Cng V ff ec policies,
should I do 1916 or Belfast ?



US - Vietnam, collapse of consensus, US economic recession.
are they ok?

So stressed and have to move on to french soonish. Help?

njd2010

I hate to ask this close to the exam, but if anyone has an essay on the Rise of Fascism, could you please PM me? I can swap literally dozens of really quality essays. Our teacher never did anything on Fascism, I'm freaking out since so many people seem to think it's likely to come up and nobody is really mentioning any of the other essays I've got planned. Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

GoldRush4821

If you only had time to prepare one essay on each topic what would you guys pick? Here would be mine

Europe - Anti semitism in Nazi Germany
America - Bus Boycott
Ireland - North/South during the war
Coleraine

PurpleVintage

Thank you very much Jolly_Red_Giant, martyllia, and Dr.Evil for the information !

Also, a huge thanks to GoldRush (and Jolly_Red_Giant as usual!), I used your essay a LOT while preparing my essay (along with the notes on the website that Jolly_Red_Giant continuously posted!). I feel like I owe you big time, so i've decided to post my (well it's mostly yours) essay here, and hope you too can get some extra bobs from it, although there aren't many.


Done making notes on Hitler and Mussolini. Now gotta start on Holocaust, then cover the whole of US Book and some bits of Irish history. Then I have to re-write them (as my printer is not working) and read them over and over again tomorrow. Seems almost impossible to cram that much info but it's my only way

PurpleVintage

Anti - Semitism

During the 19th & 20th century there was a long tradition of anti Semitism, due to them being responsible for the death of Jesus, and their cultural differences. Jews were usually vast landowners, and prominent figures in well-paid professions, particularly in the Business Sector. This caused them to be envied and loathed. They were seen as a symbol for capitalism, liberalism and radicalism. They were seen as vermin leaching off the state. Hitler took advantage of all the negative thoughts surrounding Jews to use them as scapegoats for WW1. They were blamed for Germany’s economic problems, and it was made believe that the elimination of Jews would put an end to capitalism and socialism.

During his time, Hitler centered his hate campaign around the hatred towards the Jews and the fear of Communism, to form the ‘Jewish Bolshevik Threat’. He labeled them as the subhuman race, and said the almighty Aryan race could only survive at the expense of Jews, homosexuals, handicapped, gypsies and other socially segregated groups. The loathed Treaty of Versailles was blamed on them, and while in prison, Hitler wrote his famous book ‘Mein Kampf’ were he openly threatened to kill all Jews.

However, Hitler could not take severe action against the Jews until he became chancellor. At first, he stuck to spreading hateful propaganda, and delivering fiery anti-semitic speeches in order to gain public support and turn public opinion against them.

In 1933 a 1-day boycott of Jewish shops and businesses was organized by Hitler. Later on, they were banned from the ‘Civil Service’.

In 1934 they were fired and banned from major professions.

In 1935, the 3rd Nuremberg Rally since Hitler’s rise to power known as ‘The Rally of Freedom’, was used to spread propaganda against the Jews and to further handicap them. He delivered fiery anti-semitic speeches to a crowd of over ½ a million, and passed ‘The Nuremberg Laws’. These deprived Jews of German citizenship and forbade marriages and relationships between Aryans and Jews, in order to prevent further staining of the ‘Pure blooded-race’.

Next, Hitler ordered a boycott of Jewish shops – he stated that “If you buy from a Jew, you are a traitor to the German country”. Jews were also not to employ Germans under 45 years of age.

In 1936, persecution was put to a halt in order for Hitler to not damage his image during the Olympic Games. However as soon as they were over, things went back to ‘normal’. Jews were forbidden the right to vote. They were forced to wear the ‘Star of Davis’ in order to be distinguished apart from regular Germans, and medical examinations were forced on them in order to identify Jews.

In 1938, they were barred from Law, Medicine and Business - Jewish doctors were no longer allowed to treat German patients, and were given instructions to forward the patient to a German doctor instead, regardless of how severe the patient’s condition may be!

Jews were also banned from their positions as publishers and editors, in order to limit Jewish views and propaganda contaminating the minds of the German citizens.

In October 1938, 15,000 Polish Jews were kicked out of Germany and dumped at the Polish border, where they were refused entry. In response, a Jew shot one of the German Embassy Officials in Paris. Hitler claimed this was part of a Jewish conspiracy and used this as an excuse to relish hell on the Jewish community.


Kristallnacht
In November 1938 there was a major attack on Jewish residences and businesses – more than 8,000 Jewish homes and shops were attacked. Over 100 Jews were murdered and 20,000 arrested. Despite all this, the Jews were blamed for the violence, and fined 1billion Reichmarks for the damages!
Over 400,000 Jews emigrated, including Einstein, as they were tired of all the unprovoked abused.


Polish Jews
10% of the Polish population was Jewish. After Hitler took over Poland, they too were persecuted. They were forced to move into ghettos, living in extremely poor conditions, surrounding by disease. Out of 500,000, 100,000 died due to the conditions they were living under. Hitler ordered 10,000 ‘Non productive Jews’ a day to be resettled. However, resettling in Nazi twisted language meant they were all about to go through a shooting rampage. This was costing the German’s too many bullets, so an alternative for mass killing was established know as ‘The Final Solution’.

A meeting outside Berlin decided that 11 million would be transported to death camps in Poland where it would be easier to keep things unnoticed.

Jews were removed from towns and villages and sent to extermination camps, established in Poland. German companies set up slave-labour factories in camps were Jews worked on poor rations under dreadful conditions. The life expectancy of Jewish slaves was 3 months. Those unable to work as slaves were gassed immediately. Over 90% were killed on arrival. Cyanide gas was used to kill the Jews. Their bodies were then stripped of anything of value, clothes, gold fillings and even hair, and these were later on sold. The dead bodies were then cremated in order to leave no trace and take up no land space. Some of the worst events were the ‘Babi Yar massacre’ were 33,000 died in a single operation, and Rumbula were 25,000 died over 2 days.
An estimated amount of 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and million other’s lives were affected and torn by the persecutions.

Some of the camps have been turned into tourist attractions, were tourists can witness and almost relive the horrors that took place within those fences. There were 3 camps altogether. The most notorious camp was known as ‘Auschwitz’.

Although it is believed that over 2 million people died here, the figures are unclear. The estimated amount of 6 million Jews varies according to the source, and some pro-Nazi historians even go as far as denying the existence and events that took place during the Holocaust!

Overall, Hitler’s Jewish-hating ideologies brought about a lot of destruction. He was responsible for one of the most atrocious, inhuman bloody events that took place in History, and deeply scarred and stained German’s reputation and name.

In my opinion, Hitler was a miserable man, who wished to make up for his failures in life (such as his non-existent painting career) and his esteem problems (Aryan race description absolutely DID NOT match his physical characteristics! Hypocrisy at its best), by taking his problems and anger out on an overall successful portion of the community. His deeply disturbed mental state was so severe that he failed to realize that it was he and his followers that were the true definition of ‘subhuman’.

PurpleVintage

That's a hard one... well I think i'd study
Hitler - Foreign Policy, as a lot of the Anti-semitism essay is kinda waffling,
USA - Bus boycott (and ofc related to the civil rights!)
Irish - haven't a clue... 1916 rising?
And Sunningdale, because i'm okay at Coleraine as long as I read over it once or twice crap at Sunningdale so can't take that chance!

Jolly Red Giant

njd2010 wrote: »

I hate to ask this close to the exam, but if anyone has an essay on the Rise of Fascism, could you please PM me? I can swap literally dozens of really quality essays. Our teacher never did anything on Fascism, I'm freaking out since so many people seem to think it's likely to come up and nobody is really mentioning any of the other essays I've got planned. Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Try this - not the best essay in the world but I will give you some ideas -

http://leavingcerthistory.net/course-topics/europe-1920-1945/the-nazis-in-germany/#Sample%20Essay

Fireball07

GoldRush4821 wrote: »

If you only had time to prepare one essay on each topic what would you guys pick? Here would be mine

Europe - Anti semitism in Nazi Germany
America - Bus Boycott
Ireland - North/South during the war
Coleraine

Europe- Hitler's foreign policy (though I suppose I can afford to look at anti-semitism if people really do think that's coming up)

America- Why the US got involved in Vietnam (wouldn't touch the bus boycott)

Ireland- FF/CnaG ecomonic policy

Coleraine.

martyllia

Fireball07 wrote: »

Europe- Hitler's foreign policy (though I suppose I can afford to look at anti-semitism if people really do think that's coming up)

America- Why the US got involved in Vietnam (wouldn't touch the bus boycott)

Ireland- FF/CnaG ecomonic policy

Coleraine.

Well look over MBB just in case Vietnam came up last yr as a part of a q - successes and failures of LBJ.

PurpleVintage- cheers for posting the essay! i dropped down few extra points

GoldRush4821

Fireball07 wrote: »

Europe- Hitler's foreign policy (though I suppose I can afford to look at anti-semitism if people really do think that's coming up)
.

Apparently its one of the two of them Hitler FP or anti semitism better to be safe...

Fireball07

martyllia wrote: »

Well look over MBB just in case Vietnam came up last yr as a part of a q - successes and failures of LBJ.

PurpleVintage- cheers for posting the essay! i dropped down few extra points

I know all foreign policy and I'm going to know all domestic factors affecting it. Something on one of those things always comes up. Quite a broad range but I knew it all before, it'll just be a quick revision. There's not a hope I'm doing MBB.

Anti-semitism is a lot easier than I thought. Fairly clear paragraphs once you get to know them. Wannsee Conference was missing from that essay above which would seem to be a fairly big point in anti-semitism...

Dougal.Maguire

really dont know what to study here- anybody think this is too little to cover -

unionist opposition to home rule
CnaG and FF consildation and economy

growth of fascism
hitlers foreign policy
anti-semitism

truman
nixon
foreign policy (later period)
us economy in crisis

thats literally all i have studied

GoldRush4821

If you flick back a page I have it in my outline plan

GoldRush4821

Dougal you don't seem to have any case studies done for America? Like MBB or Vietnam? That may be dodgy but I reckon Truman or Nixon should come up... I'd go over MBB just in case

krisityfer

Anyone have any idea what the 40 mark question on Coleraine might be?
I reckon "Why was it a missed oppurtunity?" and "Why was it not accepted by the people of Derry?", but I'm probably forgetting something obvious...

Gav77

If you get a question on hitlers foreign policy, should you include WW2 or not??

babynice

Seriously dreading this exam tomorrow, I have hardly anything prepared!