Eastern Catholic Churches

“Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!” President Ronald Reagan spoke these historic words that cut through the air at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987. After WWII, the Soviet Union divided Germany into East and West. Communism and the Soviet Union claimed the East, while the West allied itself with the United States, England, and France. In August of 1961 the Soviet Union started construction on a barrier to halt a mass emigration from East to West Germany. The barrier would become known as…

Abhimanyu Rajshekar (Block F) Context: Theatre of the Absurd has its roots set in the avant-garde experiments in art in the 1920’s-1930’s. It was strongly influenced by the horrors of World War Two, where the impermanence of values and morality, validity of conventions and the meaninglessness of human life and its social conventions were questioned. These beliefs were stimulated by the constant threat of nuclear annihilation in Europe in 1945, and played an important role in its rise in Europe.…

In 1989, East Germany's socialist administration was overpowered by the democratization clearing crosswise over Eastern Europe. On the night of November 9, 1989, East Germany reported a facilitating of set out confinements to the West, and thousands requested entry however the Berlin Wall. Confronted with becoming showings, East German fringe watchmen opened the fringes…

The Cold War is a topic of interest for many scholars since it unfolded after the Second World War. The Cold War has generally been considered to be long over, with either the symbolic fall of the Berlin Wall, the 1989 Eastern European revolutions or the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 marking the end of the Cold War. Orthodox scholarship on the Cold War have thus generally defined the Cold War to be a period of conflict involving the United States and the Soviet Union, beginning…

After World War II Germany was separated between four powers: France, America, Britain, and Russia. Germany was then split up into two sides, East and West. France, America, and Britain controlled the west while Russia controlled the east. Berlin was the capital of Germany. Berlin, although in the east, was split as well so that Russia wasn’t the only one controlling the capital. Because of this, the East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall. While many people tried to escape across the Berlin…

The Crucible was written in the early 1950’s and many sources discuss the political climate and culture of the United States at that time. After the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), in which the United States and the Soviet Union were allies against the Germans, relations between the two major powers deteriorated. They became suspicious, and then so fearful, of each other that this period became known as the Cold War, even though no war between them was ever declared. The United States…

into conflict over the future of postwar Europe, especially Eastern Europe and Germany. At the end of the war, the Red Army occupied the majority of Eastern Europe, while American and British forces held Western Europe. Stalin and the Soviets viewed control of Eastern Europe as paramount to their future defense. Mindful of past invasions from the west, especially through Poland, the Soviets sought to create a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. This sphere would serve as a region of…

Berlin Airlift: The Last Hope This is not about luxury and peace, it is about the starving and conflict in Berlin after World War 1. Berlin Airlift is what helped Germany in its time of need giving the us its excellent culture. After World War One, the Russian Soviets pushed back the Germans to Berlin where the Germans were holding up at to keep them at bay. Supplies were scarce in Berlin for the Germans; about 2.5 million people were starving and the allies had to do something about it. They…

The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss is a children’s story that has two different interpretations, one for the kids and one for adults. While entertaining the young ones with a story of two sides one-upping each other with increasingly powerful (and ridiculous) weapons, the adults can pick out a deeper meaning. This tale describes the Cold War in a way such that it is entertaining/meaningful to all. Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book used narrative elements so well it could be considered one of…

The year 1945 was a time relief for America. After ww II, most of the countries in the northern part of world decided to divide themselves into two large blocs the first bloc was communist and was controlled by Russia, and the other bloc was mostly democratic and was led by the United States. The cold war started on April 25, 1945, at the Elbe River in Germany where two powerful armies met American and Russia cut Germany in two parts. What was Containment? There were three good examples of…