POSTWAR: A Global History of the Second World War's Legacy

Christopher Jackson Postcolonial Displacements The word Post-colonialism explains itself as the time after colonization has occurred. In some cases, a region that had been relieved of colonialism has become independent, had the previously established culture ruined, or both. In the article provided by Ilan Pappé the reader is looking at plans for the Zionist’s plan …

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  The Holocaust is one of the most memorable and tragic events in human history. Millions of people who were seen as problematic and inferior by the Nazis were systematically exiled or exterminated to relieve Germany of their existence. The group that was blamed the most for Germany’s problems were the Jewish people that lived … Continue reading →

Zionist, the group of people this image above is referring to, are a group of people who supported the re-establishment of the Jewish state of Israel after World War II. This movement was a result of a quest for rehabilitation and a new protected life for the Jewish people after the Holocaust. Many often discuss …

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World War II brought out the worst characteristics that humanity had to offer, and no event was more notorious than the Holocaust. With millions of Jews massacred and many more displaced across Europe, the setting was ripe for the advancement of the Jewish national imperative. Zionism, the ideology which had driven Jewish state-building since the …

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  While the problem of displaced persons affected many people across the European continent after the end of World War II, the Jewish community felt the effects possibly more than any. Adolf Hitler had just taken out millions of their people across Germany, what would make them want to stay there? They no longer felt …

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Zionist always had pushed for the creation of a new state for the Jewish People. After Hitlers final solution that lead to mass amounts of displaced Jewish persons it was time for nations around the world to ban together and find homes for the mass amounts of people. Solutions varied from keeping the Jews were […]

The Jewish people throughout Europe had been wanting a state in Palestine for years, and World War II was the propeller to make it happen.  After the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust, the Zionist movement became a lot stronger … Continue reading →

The picture above is modern day Jerusalem, this picture looked very different for a period of time. For twelve years, starting in 1933, instead of an Israel flag, a Nazi flag huge high above the city of Jerusalem. Many of the survivors from the Holocaust believe in Zionist ideology. Zionism was a political organization that …

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The ultimate goal of Adolf Hitler regarding the Jews in Europe was to remove them. His initial plan was not to kill them but to have them resettled in another place, Madagascar, where they could not “disturb” German success. While this already radical plan was clearly further radicalized into the eventual systematic murder of the […]

As the events of the Holocaust were coming to light and the Displaced Person problems plagued Europe, Jewish survivors saw this as a chance to get out of Europe. THey saw this as a time in which they could start over and begin a new life with their fellow survivors in a new land, a new state called …

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