Czechs

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been mad for adventure. As a child, I liked to imagine I’d be the world’s greatest explorer; to this day, my parents still call me “Professor Jones”. My love for exploration and discovery is what has led to me to what I want to major in: a double major in anthropology and biology. Venturing out into parts of the world where I’ve never been is just something I love to do, learning about these places is just as important to me as just being there. For next…

Social Ramifications of World War I 1. Women would awaken to their true potential due to World War I. During the war, women were needed to do factory jobs, farm work, and other local jobs. When the war was over, they lost these jobs to the returning veterans. I truly believe that women saw their abilities to operate like any man and this led to an increase in the Women's rights movement that would follow the war. 2. The people of Europe started World War I with the idea of war…

skills of bread baking, dairy farming, meat processing, and beer brewing to the U.S. They inspire others to assimilate their ethnic specialties, for a much greater purpose. The countries of central Europe are Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Poland. I learned incredible fact that Christmas trees and Easter egg hunt were…

The culmination of World War I, formed new countries. Miroslav Tyrs, mentions that “this new race will not depend on foreigners for its rights” meaning that the Czechs are a nation-state and they can do whatever they please. Tyrs also encourages national pride, since they were part of the Austrian-Hungarian government and could not voice their opinions there. Similarly, Prince Leopold of Belgium wanted to show other…

are mixed with each other as well. To illustrate, I was born in East Europe in the Republic of Moldova, my grandmother’s maiden name was originated from the Czech Republic, and my grandfather was born in Belarus. Also, my grand-grandmother lived in Siberia, Russian where she got married to an Italian soldier. I cannot consider my ethnicity Czech, Belarus, Russian, Italian to name a few. Because I have never felt that way, even at my home, we have never spoken different language rather than…

told in the poem. He also suggested within his writing, that the poem was originally written as a means for entertaining and educating people in the medieval era. This is similar to the aim of the Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague. In which Cosmas broke down the history of the Czech and used it as a teaching tool for future rulers. While Fitz did an excellent job breaking down the military tactics into how they were performed and why, he brought up the idea of frontier lifestyle and…

worldwide. Also in this week's edition of Prospect Impressions, Leon Draisaitl and Teemu Pulkkinen score, plus more from junior hockey and one college play that has coaches taking notes. If you look at the Kelowna Rockets roster and pass over Czech import Tomas Soustal, you wouldn't be alone. The 6'3", 200-pound forward played a complimentary role for the Rockets last year as the team won the WHL championship.…

that allowed him to get away from the Nazis and emigrate to Palestine along with the rest of his family. Soon thereafter he moved to Jerusalem and lived in the Arab Quarter and joined the Palestinian Police as a teen. During late World War II, the Czech called for the mobilization of…

In the Medieval Europe different religious identities emerged which formed unique groups within society. The development of mysticism influenced the creation of women’s communities, especially the Beguines. In Bohemia, Jan Hus sparked the Czech Reformation against the papacy which brought about the Moravian Church. Mysticism led to the Beguine community of unmarried, lay women in the Low Countries. The Beguine movement began in the early 12th century and grew rapidly to the point where houses…

lifted on June 27, 1989. Today, some people still don’t know why or how the berlin wall, “iron curtain”, got lifted. Communism collapsed and freedom and democracy came with open arms. There is an Iron Curtain monument in the Southern part of the Czech Republic. A few hundred meters of the original fence, and one of the guard towers, is still…