Adolfus (Adolf) Hitler was born on the evening of 20 April 1889, in the Gasthof zum Pommer, in the small town of Braunnau on the River Inn which forms the frontier between Austria and Bavaria. Adolf was the third child of his father, Alois Hitler’s third marriage. His other siblings, Gustav, Ida, both died during infancy; his younger brother, Edward, died at age six. His only younger sister, Paula, born in 1896, lived to grow up. His half-brother Alois, and half-sister Angela (only one of his…
Antonin Dvorak was the first born of nine children to Anna and Frantisek Dvorak. All of Antonin’s ancestors were butchers or innkeepers, so as the first born child it was assumed that Antonin would inherit the family business. But much to his father’s dismay, Antonin decided to pursue a career in music. At six years old, Antonin entered into a village school to receive some early education in music. He quickly understood the lessons in violin and started playing in village and church bands.…
The Story of Eichenwalde There once was a place called Eichenwalde, a medieval German town that was located in the middle of a lush, green forest. The people of the town were joyful and happy. There was always an event going on somewhere. But the real highlight of the town was the castle. It was large and towering, with a grand arched gateway that was a few stories tall. But what many people didn’t know, was that was home to a force of knights called the Crusaders. They were valiant and brave,…
Anti Semitism has been around since ancient times. Around the mid 1900's Germany was predominantly Christian. These Christians received most of their ideology from the Christian churches. Christian anti Semitism was hatred of the Jews for reasons such as believing they were responsible for Jesus' death. However, there is more than one kind of anti Semitism. Another kind of anti Semitism is National Socialist Anti Semitism. This is hatred of the Jews for reasons such as believing they were the…
Versailles effected Germany can be put into the social science perspectives which are geographical, political, and economical. This treaty effected Germany geographically by taking lots of land from Germany that made them lose a lot of money. From the political standpoint Germany was an outsider in all the decisions being made in the world and none of the countries trusted or stood by Germany at this time. Economically Germany was blamed for the war in the Treaty of Versailles document, Germany…
was a genius man who was very under rated until his later years of life. He invented the theory of relativity, that is incredibly famous now, and is considered one of the most influential person for the 20th century. Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. He grew up in the middle class inside a Jewish family. Einstein had a father who was an engineer and a mother who was a regular housewife. Einstein had two siblings one brother and one sister that was born two years after him. During…
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A new popular urban architecture style was flourishing the cities in the United States called Art Deco. The foundation of the modern age movement started in Paris in the 1920’s. Architectures acknowledge the structures where they defined it as straight lines that followed cubic proportions. (Gebhard 4) Art Deco was represented as a combination of modernization and architect traditions. What identifies Art Deco and separates it from other building is the ornament, sculptures and the surface…
won a educational scholarship to Stonyhurst College. He also went to Royal Military College and was the second lieutenant in Hertfordshire. Historical Background: The Holocaust was started in Germany where the Nazis tried to oppress and kill many jews. It soon spread to lots of countries around Germany including Poland, Austria, and Belgium. The Nazis were a political division who controlled almost all of Germany’s army and used it to enforce their controversial…
The agreement of Versailles was phenomenally striking to Germany since the German economy crackled by the crisis of the Wall Street Crash in the United States. The American economy was doing extremely well which caused more buyers than sellers at the beginning. It was easy to become rich, anyone could buy shares, and have to increase their values because of their success and continue doing so. By 1929 there was twenty million out of the population of one hundred twenty million were shareowners.…