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Born in April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl, the fourth of six children in Braunau am Inn, Austria, near the Austro-German border. In his home, Hitler lived in an abusive childhood, regularly beaten by his violent father who was a strict Austrian customs official. While his father was brutish, constantly mistreating his wife, Klara Polzl and his children, Hitler's mother was very submissive, kind, and worried for Hitler's safety against his father, she had a…

October 19, 1903 an advocate for the Jews was born, Laura Margolis, it wouldn’t be until the 1930’s when she started working with different Jewish organizations that she would get to prove just how big an advocate she was. Coming to the United States in 1908 to Cleveland, Ohio where she lived and went to School, she got her bachelors of science in 1926 and a professional degree in social work the following year. In 1939 Laura was to become the first female overseas representative of the…

Describing the artwork Title: The blue rider – 1903 Artist: Kandinsky Date: 1903 Medium: Oil on cardboard Size: 55 x 65 cm Created: the blue rider (German expression) - The artwork to be analysed in this essay is blue rider by Kandinsky, it was created by using oil on cardboard in 1903. - Created in a German expression style this artwork depicts landscape. - Kandinsky has selected to place the main subject in the right hand side. Analyse the technique used - The blue rider has been…

including Emma Lazarus. It inspired Lazarus to write the poem “The New Colossus” in 1883 for a fundraising campaign by artists and writers to pay for the statue’s pedestal. Her poem was inspiring in many ways. It was not until many years later in 1903 that the significance Emma Lazarus’s poem was recognized and engraved on a plaque inside the statue’s pedestal. The engraving of the poem on the statue may not have happened if it were not for…

The film American Experience: “Coney Island,” directed by Ric and Ken Burns, depicts Coney Island during its peak. Coney Island started as a small island and gradually grew into a vast tourist attraction. Coney Island’s Golden Age derived from its ability to unify the different social classes and its establishment of public theme parks. Coney Island was discovered by Henry Hudson on September 1, 1609; although, it would not be until 1847 when Coney would be inhabited. Coney was divided into the…

The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links together Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The concept of a canal through such mountainous views was thought of back in the 1500s, the canal would serve as a potential shortcut.The Panama Canal links over 160 countries worldwide. Ultimately, the Panama Canal was built to decrease the distance ships would have to take to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The 50-mile-stretch was built for an easy mode of transportation for shipping…

How Did Early Christianity Spread Across The Middle East? Christianity is one of the biggest religions across the world. But there is an essential question we must ask. How did Christianity spread across the Middle East so much? There are lots of facts to explain this. Some ways Christianity spread across the Middle East are it gave hope to the poor, promised eternal life and Romes adoption of it. Christianity gave tons of hope to the poor and hopeless. One way it did this is by giving…

Henry Ford was one of the men who revolutionized the United States in many ways. He was born on July 30, 1863 in greenfield township, Michigan he married Clara Jane Bryant in 1888. Henry ford founded the ford motor company in 1903, he revolutionized the use of automobiles by creating cars that not only the upper class could afford but also the middle class of Americans. This caused automobiles to be a more common commodity among most all Americans. Again in 1913 Henry Ford revolutionized the…

Milton Hershey Have you ever wanted to know who invented the delicious Hershey’s chocolate. Well, if you did, I will teach you more about Milton Hershey and how it’s made. In this article I will be teaching you about how the chocolate was invented, the person who founded it, and also about the Hershey city. I am going to teach you about how Milton Hershey came up with the idea of creating the chocolate Hershey. When Milton was in his young adult age, he made two attempts before he…

killed more than 300 Ainu people in 1887 (Tanabe 4). Also, as contact between the Wajin settlers and the Ainu people grew, epidemic diseases such as syphilis and tuberculosis spread to and affected the Ainu people and their population. From1873 to 1903 the entire Ainu population in Hokkaido declined from 14.63% to a dangerous amount of 1.65% (Tanabe…