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    Since Anne only delivered a little daughter, Henry VIII had her beheaded. His next wife, Jane Seymour, finally gave him a son, but Jane died during childbirth. So, Henry once again looked for a wife. He saw a portrait of Anne of Cleves and decided he wanted to marry her. When she came for the wedding, he realized that the artist painted her more beautiful than she…

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    Queen Elizabeth I was a very important queen that accomplished many things and changed life for many people. Elizabeth Tudor was a very intelligent child. First of all Elizabeth was born on September 7th, 1533 in Greenwich, England. Her parents were Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. She had about six different mothers (Queen Elizabeth I Biography). Her father, Henry VIII beheaded her real mother in 1536 because he believed that she was involved with treason and adultery and he married Jane Seymour…

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    Otto Frank Research Paper

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    Do you know who Anne Frank is? Anne Frank and her family were all Jewish during the time we call "The Holocaust". This time was also known as World War II, when they ally powers and the axis powers fought for the Jewish freedom and many other reasons. Adolf Hitler was the leader of this terrible movement and led an army of the Nazi's. He was the one that said he wanted all the Jewish dead. But a fun fact was that Hitler was Jewish himself. Otto Frank, Anne's dad created a safe place or zone for…

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    adversity. They have to believe strongly that they can get through difficulties. The play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, follows the diary written by a young girl during World War II. Anne Frank is only thirteen when her father presents her with a diary, in which she documents what it is like to be a Jew in the war. As life for Jews in the Netherlands grows worse, Anne and her family try to avoid capture by hiding in a few rooms behind Mr. Frank’s office and…

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    Louis 9V: The Sun King

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    Louis IXV reigned was between 1638-1718, being known as the Sun King and a direct representative of God. He was the one who made changes to the monarchy which the golden age had brought in art and literature. During his reign he was the King that looked over Royal Court Versailles. Another aspect of Louis IXV reign in 1661 he ruled France without a Chief Minister, who he was the first to perform this type of reign and began a country as a dominant European power. In his final decades as King…

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    arduous times. For example, Anne Frank and Krystyna Chiger both lived through one of the most deleterious events in world history, the Holocaust. The two Jewish girls had to work assiduously to gain their freedom, independence, and survival, causing them to share certain similarities in their survival stories. On the other hand, they had multiple unique features of their survival experiences that caused their lives to also be exceptionally diverse. During the Holocaust, Anne and Krystyna had one…

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    Imagine growing up in a small hidden space with multiple people. Anne Frank Beyond the Diary was written by Ruud Van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. Anne Frank and Margot Frank were the two main characters. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. The Frank family with four other jewish neighbors, spent more than two years during World War II hiding in a secret small annex above her father’s place of work in Amsterdam.…

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    Anne Frank Orally

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    Did Anne Frank forgive the Germans for what they made her go through during the whole World War? If, she did why would she feel that way? The Germans made her, and her families suffer for 2 years an abundance of accentuating when or if she will be found. Anne Frank orally expresses, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Anne Frank orally expressed that and more than likely authentically did betoken it. She has made a couple verbalizations throughout the…

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    Erasmus told his humanist and Catholic friend Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor for Henry VIII, about Holbein, so when the artist went to England in the mid 1520s, More became his patron. It was this connection that would give Holbein the patronage of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, in 1532 (after More’s resignation) and, then, that of Henry VIII a few years…

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    years ago. Anne and Krystyna had to face death because what they believed. But today surviving is in our area is staying out of dangerous areas and staying with good influences. The story that I think represented Anne’s the most was Krystyna’s story. Anne and Krystyna were able to use vital survival skills during the tragic and horrific events of the Holocaust. To begin with, Anne was a young girl who was forced to hide in an attic for over two years before being caught! The diary of Anne Frank…

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