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    Irene Safran: Holocaust survivorIrene Safran was a Jew that survived the devastating times of the Holocaust. She had 3 younger sisters and two brothers. Her journey to Auschwitz began in May of 1944. Her homeland was annihilated so her and her family were forced to move to a jewish ghetto. They were only able to bring a few belongings. Her family were being relocated, they were brought to a brick factory. They had to stay there for several dayswith hundreds of other jews from the same ghetto.…

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    Tobacco In 1800s

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    The growing of tobacco by humans was first started in 600-900 AD, The reason why this plant was grown was because the native indians smoked tobacco as a religious and medical purposes, In the 1700s tobacco plant was grown as a cash crop , it was .By 1800s people started chewing on tobacco and ocasionally smoking it in a pipe or a hand rolled cigarette.One of the most important dates for cigarette smoking was in 1865 where the first commercial pack of cigarrets were made by washington Duke.As…

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    Richard Wright was an excellent author in the 1930’s. He wrote about hunger, poverty, race, prejudice, and various protest movements. Many of Wright’s characters were a product of their background; angry and uneducated. He was an author, a journalist, and a poet, but his best known works are “Black Boy” and “Native Son”. His friend, James Baldwin, was also a writer during this time as a novelist and essayist. He wrote about race, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and many other…

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    “Throughout a history humanity acted aggressively with each other, concluding with feral competition spirit. Sooner or later it will lead us to an unfortunate contingency. If there is a way to prevent it, we must certainly seize it”. The main idea of space exploration was initiated a very long time ago. In the time when people did not have resources and knowledge to build something that shall let them have a start point. Curiosity to unknown is leaking inside us throughout the humanity.…

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    Adaptive Sports History

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    Although some level of adaptive sport has likely occurred throughout human history, organized sports for people with disabilities has a relatively brief history. The earliest international sports organization for people with disabilities was the International Committee for Deaf Sports, which was establish in 1922. 1932 saw the establishment of the British Society of One-armed golfers, which is one of the first organizations for people with specifically physical disability. The bloom of adaptive…

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    Wassily Kandinsky was one of many influential artists during the Expressionist Movement. This movement lasted 20 years, from 1905 to 1925. This time period holds few historical significances, which influenced expressionism very much so. The end of World War I left Europe in ruins. Many people fluttered to America to escape the warfare. Artists began to express happy thoughts through painting to hopefully bring joy into one's lives. Kandinsky's contribution of paintings filled with shapes and…

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    Have you ever wondered how many effects a collection white papers can have on two nations? Well, a document named The White Paper, had a ton of effects, both negative and positive. It was a document issued by the British Government in 1939 under Neville Chamberlain. The white paper had both negative and positive effects on Jews and Palestinians. It limited Jewish immigration when the persecution of Jews in Europe was increasing. Also, Palestinians did not want to wait for ten years for their own…

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    Vietnam War History

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    Majority of the men deployed only stayed in Vietnam for one tour. The Vietnam People's Ground Forces relied almost entirely on Soviet-derived weapons and equipment systems. However, in this time Vietnam used the system of draft cards for men born between 1944-1950 a draft card is a card that is mailed to you by the government declaring that you are to go to…

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    Krystyna Skarbek, a Polish woman, was in Ethiopia when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939. Skarbek’s patriotism compelled her to participate in anti-Nazi efforts, so she traveled to London and volunteered to work as a spy. With the alias Christine Granville, she posed as a journalist in Budapest, working her way into Poland to sneak in documents and collect intelligence to bring back to London. On one of Skarbek’s numerous missions, the Gestapo arrested and interrogated her. By faking a cough…

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    and ingenuity to perform at the highest levels. Every child should have the opportunity to reach that horizon and to fulfill the American Dream. Democrats have long valued education as the key to success, both for individuals and for our nation. In 1944, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt enacted the G.I. Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that provided World War II veterans with opportunities for higher education. The G.I. Bill helped create the…

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