The Germans removed personal belongings and clothings so that they could dehumanize them, and make them feel like they are nothing but property. They didn't want inmates to feel like individuals, which is why they shaved their heads - to remove every last part of their individualism. They tattooed numbers onto peoples arms to accentuate that they were only property, just another number per say.
There are two main reasons why Nazi Germans might have done this. The first one is that the Germans wanted to control all prisoners effectively. Therefore, the numbers were a good way of maintaining absolute control over them, even in the future, as the number could not be removed.
However, the most important effect of these actions was to dehumanize the inmates. By taking these actions, the inmates had nothing left that united them to their past and their individuality. This feelings of nothingness was more likely to cause them despair and lead them to abandon all hope, which was the ultimate goal of the Nazis.
Like virtually all rulers throughout history, African rulers invoked both religious claims and their role as lawgivers or law enforcers to bolster their political legitimacy. For example, the ambassadors’ description of King Zara Yacob indicates that he sought to project and advertise his power in these terms as well.
The My Lai massacre changed public perception of Vietnam drastically. Many people already thought it was an unjust war, and this added to that anti-war sentiment. When many veterans came home they were treated like trash, because everyone back home saw the terrible war crimes committed by the U.S. Many people called for an end to Vietnam after it.
The three-fifths compromise was an agreement, made at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, that allowed Southern states to count a portion of its enslaved population for purposes of taxation and representation. The compromise gave the South more power than it would have had if enslaved people had not been counted.
