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    A Silent Book Summary

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    The secret annex was comparable as each and every day, dead silent. Out of nowhere you could hear someone's footstep getting louder and louder, but everyone believed it was the warehouse men. Maintaining their usual activities, a couple of minutes later there was a “Boom”. The knob on the door was turning slowly, the door opened and it was Gestapo. The Franks, Van Daans, and Peter were doomed, knowing the next stop was being relocated at the concentration camps. Miep Gies had a disappointed…

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    Otto Frank Research Paper

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    Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who has to go into hiding during World War Two to escape from the Nazis. Together with seven others she hides in the secret annex on the Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. After more than two years in hiding they are discovered and deported to concentration camps. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, is the only one of the eight people to survive. After her death Anne becomes world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding. Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929 in the…

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    Nursing Home

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    taste away, leaving residents unsatisfied and limited in their choices. Consequently, to care for their residents, one particular nursing home (Amsterdam Nursing Home) created an independent tray service with improved services and easy to open cups to attend to the needs of their residents and patients with dysphagia. The director of dining services at Amsterdam Nursing Home Howard Rosenberg, came across Kent Precision Food Group who specialized in the production of Thick-It. Thick-It aquacare…

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    weather that boxes you in" (Green 248). Even when Hazel becomes close with Augustus and they start doing exciting and exhilarating things together, they're still very limited in where they're allowed to go and what they can do, but they did wind up in Amsterdam, the home of Hazel’s and now Augustus favorite author, Peter Van Houten, the author of a book which ends…

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    the 1860’s of New York. This film connects with lecture 19 “The Antebellum North” because what is being discussed in that chapter is how the Irish migrate to America due to the potato famine to begin a new life. In the film the main character is Amsterdam who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, his father is a catholic priest from Ireland who migrated to New York. Which creates issues with the natives from New York, they are Protestants and against immigration. As said in lecture 19, “the Irish…

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    Research question The problem associated with cannabis tourism and how is it effecting Young people? Statement In Denver Colorado they are trying to make cannabis ok to smoke in designated areas in bars and restaurants. Hypothesis I believe that putting people in designated areas in bars and restaurants wouldn’t really help the fact that customers who don’t smoke will be around it. This problem has to be addressed for the safety of customers and the safety of the establishment. Objectives They…

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    discovered by the Russian army that liberated Auschwitz. Upon recovering, he began to search for his family, as shown in the letters that have only recently been discovered and have never before been seen or heard by the public. En route home to Amsterdam, he learned of his wife's death, but it was not until some time after returning home that he discovered the facts of Margot and Anne's death from Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper, who was with the Frank sisters at…

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    1960’s Poster Project – Yoko Ono and John Lennon Stage “Bed-In” for Peace In 1969, during the Vietnam War, John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, staged long Bed-Ins for Peace in Amsterdam and Montreal. These events were conducted as non-violent protests against war, promoting peace. American people had begun a movement against the involvement of the United States in 1964, and the movement grew in years to come, especially with the help of influential figures like Lennon and Ono. American…

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    War II, the Nazis (led by Adolf Hitler) led the homicide of six million Jews. This was a horrible event that deserves recognition. Hitler also led his armies to try to conquer all of Europe. During these events, there was a family that lived in Amsterdam by the name of the Franks. When Hitler invaded Holland, more and more restrictions were put on the Jews until the Frank family was forced to go into hiding in what Anne Frank called “The Secret Annex.” She recorded these memorable events in her…

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    They go to Amsterdam and have beautiful and romantic times, but when they meet Peter Van Houten, it doesn't exactly go as planned. First of all, he's a mean drunk. Second of all... well actually, no, that's totally it. He's just a mean drunk and doesn't answer any of Hazel's questions. Hazel is angry and upset, but Van Houten's assistant Lidewij takes her and Augustus out to explore Amsterdam. They see Anne Frank's house, where things are kind…

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