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is aware that his father’s office is out of bound for everyone but also encourages the audience to be able to approach the horrors of holocaust as if he /she has no prior knowledge much like Bruno. Bruno is unaware that his father is a Nazi commandant and his home is on the peripheral of Auschwitz we see him invite Shmuel…

Andersonville also more commonly known as camp sumpter was located in Andersonville, Georgia. This camp held more prisoners than any other Confederate war camp at the time of the civil war. It was built in 1864 and it only existed for fourteen months. During those fourteen months it held more than 45,000 union soldiers. most of the soldiers died from poor sanitation and disease. The prison was surrounded by big tree logs that were about 17 feet tall so no one even thought about getting over them…

1. Le nozze di Figaro K 492 a. The overture captures the spirit of the opera with themes specific to the overture that do not appear anywhere else in the opera. b. The overture was written just hours before the opera’s first performance and Mozart’s main concern was to catch the audience’s attention immediately and to show the opera’s pace. c. Overture begins with a piano whispering and buzzing that develops into a short-breathed theme. d. The tutti then comes in with the trumpets and drums,…

1SG Duerr has served in the Armed Forces for over 28 years on Active Duty for the US Air Force, the US Army and the Active Guard Reserve (AGR). He became an AGR Instructor for the Kansas Army National Guard (KSARNG) in 2002 at the Regional Training Site - Maintenance (RTS-M) in Salina, Kansas. Since 2002, he served in key leadership roles like Chief Instructor, Operations NCOIC, Deputy Commadant and First Sergeant. 1SG Duerr always put mission first while serving at the RTS-M and the HQ, 235th…

The Marquise of O- by Heinrich von Kleist is a story chock-full of secrets and unsaid ideas, such as the ambiguity of details regarding Giulietta’s possible rape. Furthermore, if every word isn’t read with the utmost attention, something major will slip notice. Specifically, when Giulietta is talking to her midwife, whom she has called in to hopefully deny her illegitimate pregnancy, she briefly states that she “conceived knowingly” (Kleist 91). This can be surprising after a second reading, as…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is a widely loved piece of writing by many countries of the world. The novel takes place in World War II times. It is about a young German boy, Bruno, whose father is promoted Commandant by Adolf Hitler, or “The Fury” as Bruno calls him. Their family moves to “Out-With,” which can easily be interpreted as Auschwitz, the Jewish concentration camp. Being the curious boy he is, Bruno decides to explore this strange new place. He walks along the wire…

Did you know that important life lessons were made throughout the book and the movie, Devil's Arithmetic? In 1999, Donna Deitch made a movie version of Jane Yolen's novel Devil's Arithmetic. The book and the movie are both set in Poland, during the holocaust. In both versions, Hannah gets transported back in time to the the holocaust. Throughout the movie of Devil's Arithmetic, what happens to Hannah is very similar to the novel by Jane Yolen. However, the movie is different from the book…

in the camp. To administer and operate the camp, a special unit was set up, called special commando (Sonderkommando) Kulmhof. It was also known as Special Commando Lange and, later, Special Commando Bothmann . The unit was named after its first commandant Herbert Lange since March 1942. The victims were first assembled in the courtyard. They were reassured that they were being sent to a “work camp” and were to wash while their clothes were…

This novel takes place deep inside Nazi Germany at the time when things were at its worst. 1942 was one of the darkest years our world has come to see. Not only was it looking as if the axis powers were bound to win the war but also the first horrific details came to life from survivors from the terrible prison camps. Many of the people the reader encounters in this novel are living terrible day to day lives and are too scared to put up a fight. The people with any sort of significant powers are…

served as a Senior Small Group Leader at the NCO Academy; his exceptional performance and dynamic teaching ability enabled him to successfully train and develop over 350 Arctic Soldiers, six Nepalese Soldiers and two Airmen. He was selected by the Commandant as the winner of the 2nd Quarter FY14 NCO Academy competition board. SSG Gotschall's unparalleled performance, dedication to students and contributions to the academy earned him the "Instructor of the cycle" for class 004-14 and 001-15.…