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    In 1808 it was transferred to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where it is still located today. Painting is viewed by about 4,000 to 5,000 visitors daily. The Night Watch have two more names: "Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq" and "The Shooting Company of Frans…

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    The first connections of both movies are in the characters. Similarities between the movies include the following. Both Far and Away and The Gangs of New York have an Irish man who is in New York. The two men are Joseph Donnelly (Far and Away) and Amsterdam Vallon (The Gangs of New York). In both the movies they have women that accompanying them, Jenny Everdeen (The Gangs of New York) and Shannon Christie (Far and Away). Another similarity between the movies is that the main character’s fathers…

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    of the diary that she kept during World War II while in hiding. Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on June 12, 1929. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents are Edith Hollander Frank and Otto Frank. Anne went to Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam along with her sister Margot Frank.…

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    for black people across the country. The New York Amsterdam News, his local weekly Negro newspaper. It suggested that the U.S. was now going to treat Negros as equals for the FIRST time. This also was the summer when he could meet his father George Myers. He was a smallish browned skinned man who wore thick glasses Walter describes him as. During that time he also tried to hang a kid named Richard Aisles, because of something they read in the Amsterdam News. The school magazine used one of his…

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    Vincent Van Gogh has completed more than 2,100 works, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, and sketches. A few of his well known artworks include: 'The Starry Night' 'Sunflower' 'Self Portraits'. Vincent Van Gogh painted 'The Starry Night' in the asylum where he was staying in Saint-Remy, France, in 1889. The oils painting depicts an expressive swirling night sky and a sleeping village, with a large flame-lie cypress, thought to represent the bridge between…

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    Passing Strange, is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that apprises the story of young man’s journey to find “the real.” In this play, Stew (Mark Stewart), tells the story of his younger self traveling from his home in Los Angeles to places such as Amsterdam and Berlin to become a great artist and musician. In this production, Stew has the conviction that “the real” cannot be obtained unless he perceives and witness’s different places from around the world. I watched a filmed version of this…

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    cruel death after hiding. Anne Frank had a normal life before hiding. Anne Frank's life before hiding was just like everyone else's. Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt Germany. Her full name was Anneliese, Marie Frank. She lived in Amsterdam with her family during World War ll. Anne had a typical upper-middle-class German-Jewish family. In her family, she had her mom…

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    Anne Frank Research Paper

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    loved to write with. She would call the person she was writing Kitty. (History) On June 12, 1929 Anne Frank was born. Anne was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne Franks full name is Anneliese Marie Frank. In 1933 Anne Frank and her family moved to Amsterdam. Otto, Anne’s Father created a small business that produced an ingredient used to make jam. She also, went to school in…

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    How Did Venice Develop

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    Venice, initially populated by traders and refugees of war, began on a long and arduous journey to one of the most prosperous cities in the Elizabethan period. One reason that Venice became such a robust city is the city’s use as a multicultural center of trade, that expanded over Venice’s vast sea empire.Venice also attracted zealous families and common workers looking to find solace in a new home. Unique location and topography, Venice was considered an architectural and political feat among…

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    This book is about the love story of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters but the problem is that Hazel has cancer on her lungs and Gus had cancer on his leg and as a result on the fight against cancer he lost that leg. The book starts when Hazel's mum decided that Hazel was depressed so she took her to the doctor who decided that she needed to go to a support group and one day on that support group she meets Augustus Waters (chapter one), they start hanging out and talking…

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