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was only decriminalized by those countries that followed the French legal model, which considered crime only the behaviour that harmed third parties. In Europe, those countries were France, Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, Italy and Bavaria (before the formation of the German Empire); while in America there were only four: Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala and Argentina. In the rest of the countries homosexuals suffered prison sentences of 5 to 10 years, and in some cases life sentences.…

What are the Nuremberg Trials? The Nuremberg Trials are a set of thirteen trials held to bring Nazi criminals and traitors to justice. The trials were held between 1945 to 1949; high-ranking officers, doctors, lawyers, and Nazi Party officials were held as the defendants. The trials at Nuremberg at a landmark for an establishment of a permanent international court; dealing with crimes against humanity, such as genocide. These trials lead to new technological development and strategies to deal…

police raids were conducted at different Twelve Tribes communities in Germany to investigate the matter (Paterson 2013). According to an online article by Independent news, “…authorities in Germany took 40 children at the Twelve Tribes community in Bavaria [in Germany] away from their parents and placed them in foster homes after a journalist filmed six children being beaten with a total of 83 strokes of the cane” (Merrill 2013). This article also quotes some former members affirming the use of…

Pepin the Short. Later when he became King of the Franks, his country already occupied nearly all of modern France, all of Belgium and the Netherlands, most of Switzerland, and large areas of Germany. To expand the country even more he added Saxony, Bavaria, large parts of Austria, the Kingdom of Lombardy, which was all of northern Italy, and an area of Spain. His country was the largest in the history of Western Europe after the fall of the West Roman Empire. In the year 800, on December 25,…

Hitler Autobiography reprint sparks of new controversy in Germany The political treatise of Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kamf’, is being published by Germany for the first times since the death of the Fuhrer. The decision has already sparked off controversy and there has already been a row about whether it is a rabble-rousing racist account or is indeed an important historical account and an educational tool. The book was written by Hitler between 1924 and 1926 was banned by the allied force following…

After Otto Willesbach was elected as a ruler for Greece, who was the younger son of the king of Bavaria. He was so young that he couldn’t rule on his own. The treaty of Constantinople had a provision for this, and decided that until he reaches the age of majority which was 21, Greece would be ruled by a committee in Otto’s name. The committee is called the Bavarian regency. Members of the regency were technocrats; they were experts in government. Not only did Otto come with a regency but he also…

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was born in Landshut, Bavaria in 1804. As the son of an eminent professor of jurisprudence, he studied theology and philosophy. Receiving his doctorate in philosophy from Erlangen. Feuerbach taught on the history of philosophy, logic, and metaphysics for four years at Erlangen, following the receipt of his doctorate. His position there was terminated after he was identified as the anonymous writer of published work titled Thoughts on Death and Immortality. It suggested…

concentration camps. (Klüger, 2001) They reunited at a concentration camp named Christianstadt in Poland. When the camp was invaded, everyone was forced to relocate. It was at this time that Kluger and her mother escaped and fled to Bavaria. After spending some time in Bavaria, the two eventually emigrated to the United States where Kluger later attended Hunter College in New York. She studied German literature. (Klüger, 2001) Kluger 's book is filled with experiences and events that are…

During the Nuremberg Trial he was found guilty on counts of conspiracy and crimes against peace. Thus being sentenced to life in prison, and would have to serve the full life sentence of his crimes, instead of being let out early like some prisoners. Due to the fact he claims not being directly involved in the matter, he was deputy of the cabinet of the Nazi Party and signed documents that would link to the Holocaust even before he was captured by Great Britain to become a POW or Prisoner of War…

Halloween!! Introduction (attention grabber, a basic introduction to topic, thesis statement) Halloween has a very unique history going back thousands of years. Back then there was a group called the Celts. The Celts used Halloween as the day to remember the end of the fall and the beginning of winter, which evolved from the old Celtic holiday of Samhain. Where they would wear costumes to scare off roaming ghosts and would also light bonfires. Then they took these traditions to America in…