Thursday, April 24, 2008

Lecture and Presentations

The presentations over the death camps was interesting. How they positioned them in the woods but close to towns so that the SS could have a place to was something I didnt know. The zoo in the one camp was pretty interesting. I dont know why they would have a zoo there though. Its also interesting to know that they tried to burn the evidence before people found out. I think they knew that what they were doing was wrong. We were asked whether or not WWII was inevitable. Becasue of hindsight we think that it was inevitable and I still think that it was. Maybe not to the huge scale that it was, but that another war in europe was going to happen. Countries wanted more land and were upset about the whole treaty of versailes. Hearing about all the politics that was taking place, and the back door politics, was definetly interesting. I didnt know before that FDR did the things that he did. The cartoons were interesting and unique, and a little ridiculous in how they tried to train people.

2 comments:

Amy said...

It seems that once Hitler came to power the war became inevitable. While the Versailles treaty upset some European countries, I am not sure they would have been pushed to war over it. It seems that if a more moderate government could have stayed in power in Germany that war might have been avoided. Though given the bad feelings toward democracy after WWI, maybe Hitler coming to power was inevitable as well.

Katie Ford said...

I'd have to agree with Amy. I think that when Hitler came to power, some sort of conflict was inevitable.