World War II Flashcards
1939-1945 (7 cards)
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Post-World war II
Trials (1945-1946) of key nazi war figures
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- Crimes against peace
- Contributing to a war of aggression
- War Crimes
- Crimes against humanity
2
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Post-War II
The October trials
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- 24 nazi’s stood trial.
- 12 being scentenced to death
3
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What is justice How does Justice differ from punishment and revenge or are they all the same?
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- Morality (what the people decide wether what you did is justaviable or not)
- application of the law (there can be times where it is corrupt but might be the only way)
- The law should be flexible and fluid
4
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Post-Wae
Can those Nazi who committed these crimes be forgiven? Does forgiveness remove the need for consequence?
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- The only people who can truly forgive is the people who are perpetrated
- even then shouldn’t remove the consequence of their own peace of mind
5
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Post-war II
How can we be sure that Albert Speer’s “admission of responsibility” was sincere and not simply an attempt to save his own life? Did he deserved to die?
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- Simply an attempt to save his own life
- Never fully apologized
- Scentenced to 20 years in prison
- As an employer it is your obligation to know what is happening around you
6
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Post-War II
What happened in the soft science field? Why is this relevant?
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- Unethical experiments
- Ex. Little Albert, Milgram, Stanford Prison and Lost Mall, Nurse experiment
- Made with the purpose to test the human mind in conformity and conditioning.
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