1944

I was one of three children in a Jewish family, I lived in a town that was really close to a German border, and me and my family have lived here for generations. My father exported goods to Germany like geese, and my mother had owned a fabric store. All together we lived with my grandmother in a large gray stucco house, it was often peaceful living here. Sometime when the war had begun Me and my family moved to Augusto and then to Slonim. German troops captured Slonim, during the invasion in…

Similar to the disdain that German-Americans faced during World War 1, Japanese-Americans were placed into internment camps following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Roosevelt “which forced all Japanese-Americans, regardless of loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast” (“Japanese-American Relocation”). Many of these Japanese-American citizens were required to sell their properties before they were contained, leaving them to take only…

On June 13, 1942, 6 month after the Pearl Harbor attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an "Executive Order 9182 Establishing the Office of War Information.” In the document, he created “The Office of War Information” to “Formulate and carry out, through the use of press, radio, motion picture, and other facilities, information programs designed to facilitate the development of an informed and intelligent understanding, at home and abroad, of the status and progress of the war effort and…

What comes to mind when you hear the name Adolf Hitler? Is it hatred, pure evil, mass killings? What Hitler did in his 56 years of life will forever be embedded in our history. He created the Nazi Party and masterminded the execution of more than six million Jews. But, what made a young boy with dreams of becoming a famous artist responsible for such atrocities. Born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria Adolf was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Hitler. As a…

Thalidomide is an antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory drug marketed at the end of the ‘50s as a reliever to morning sickness in pregnant women, and it is known today for its teratogen effects as one of the biggest pharmaceutical disasters in the history (Ridings, J. - 2013). Due to the lack of research and flexible trials in that time, this drug caused several abortions and malformation to the infant, such as phocomelia – the malformation of the arms and legs. The tragedy, however, led to the…

The 20th century will forever go down as one of the most critical, and bold centuries to ever go down in history. With the advances in technology that forever will change the fate of production, and quality of life of citizens around the world; to bear witness to a bold new world that gave birth to both the biggest successes, and atrocities the world has ever felt on its surface. WWI already left an unparalleled scar on the face of history; but out of its participants, one was ready for revenge…

In the fall of 1944, the Japanese used these tactics to slow American progress on land as well as sea. On land Japanese soldiers fought to the very last man, forcing American troops to rout every individual Japanese soldier (Pearson, 705). In order to counter this method…

politician, diplomat and lawyer American, who reached to act as the thirty-second President of the United States and has been the only one to win four presidential elections in that country: the 1st in 1932, the 2nd in 1936, the 3rd in 1940 and 4th in 1944.Member of the Democratic Party, began his political career at a young age by winning a seat in the Senate of the State of New York and then went on to serve as Secretary of the Navy. and He was part of the joint committee which is the so…

Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, on the eastern coast of South Africa, on 18 July 1918. In 1930, when he was only 12 years old, his father died, leaving him to depend on his mother. Mandela was brought up listening to the elders’ stories of his ancestor’s bravery during times of war, sparking a fire in him to contribute to the freedom struggle of his people. Nelson Mandela would go to on boycott his university, because of its treatment of colored people. He would eventually be…

Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor, known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony, and his advocacy for modern composers. At the age of 15, Ozawa sprained his finger in a rugby game, unable to continue studying the piano; he shifted his musical focus from piano performance to conducting. Over the course of his lifetime, Ozawa has received international acclaim and many awards from a number of institutions. Ozawa also holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees from…