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Throughout the Holocaust, Jews in Europe continuously tried to flee persecution and emigrate to other nations. Some were successful, while others failed to leave Germany or fled to a nation Hitler and Nazi Germany later invaded. One of the key events that marked the beginning of the Holocaust was Kristallnacht. On November 9 and 10, 1938, Nazi supporters vandalized and destroyed synagogues, businesses, and homes owned by Jews in Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Germany. Because of the broken glass…

Over the centuries the United States has seen and been through a lot. For Example The Yalta Conference, John F. Kennedy’s assassination as well as the Hostage Crisis in Iran. These events have occurred throughout the United States History from 1876 to our present day. Yalta Conference February 1945, Allied leaders came together knowing that their victory in Europe was practically impossible of loosing. At Yalta Churchill and Roosevelt talked with Stalin about the Soviet Union joining in the…

On the Other Side: Letters to My Children from Germany 1940-46 was written by Mathilde Wolff-Monckeberg during WWII. Her letters are filled with her personal opinions as well as great insight on what was happening from a German point of view. In her first letter Wolff-Monckeberg says “This war would be conducted with the most horrible weapons and resources, its whole justification based on a daily incitement of lies, not an honest war, but an illegal and mean exploitation, as far as we were…

Gerrymandering is the process of altering electoral districts to favor a political party over the other by receiving more votes in that district based on the population demographics and party affiliation. The practice of gerrymandering was created when Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts had enacted a bill that would allow the state to the redistricted in a way that would favor the party he represented, the Democratic-Republican Party, over the Federalists. When the redistricting plan was…

suit that might be accustomed to prove or negate the various theories concerning what driven German mass-executioners. As an example, though membership within the Nazi party was somewhat overrepresented, the men primarily came from a constant place, Hamburg, “by name one in every of the smallest amount Nazified cities in European nation.” This common origin, likewise because the indisputable fact that most of the men were old, it was necessary to Browning as a result of it meant that despite…

contributions to psychology. She is best known for her work in Feminine Psychology, her Theory of Neurotic Needs, and for her involvement in Neo-Freudian Psychology, (Cherry). She was born on September 16th, in 1885 in Germany, in a village outside of Hamburg, to Clotilde and Berndt Danielson. Her parent's marriage was not a happy one, her father being the captain of a ship and often off at sea, and her mother and father's opposing personalities having caused many fights, (Schultz). After…

Several sports seasons were wrapping up in the Sioux Falls area on June 9. The Sioux Falls U-12, U-14, U-16 soccer teams did extraordinarily well in the state soccer tournament. The boys and girls of Sioux Falls brought home six titles (Hoffman 1C). On the road to the tournament, construction was done on I-90. The border between South Dakota and Minnesota was redone, and the crew began to lay concrete (“Construction Crews Prepare to Lay Concrete on I-90 to Minnesota Border” 1D). Also in…

At the dawn of the 12th century Byzantine suppression of piracy had restarted long distance trading and the end of Viking raids made self defended urban centers viable once again. Bishops and abbots, and later secular lords, realized the value of towns as centers of commerce and sources of revenue, and began to promote them. They provided markets for merchants to meet and trade, as well as secure locations for minting currency. However, few of the Middle Age urban centers had the advantage of…

Introduction The name Nivea signifies a well-established brand in high quality beauty and skin care products. As noted by (Hansen, 2001), it is part of a wider range of products sold or produced by Beiersdorf which traces back its history in 1882. Since its inception, Beiersdorf has grown to become a major player in the global beauty and skin products. This has been facilitated by the company’s goal of making the products available to customers irrespective of their place of residence. To…

There are different types of trains, for example the Maglev train. Maglev trains have been in Japan since the 1970s, and a Japanese train set a speed record of 344 miles per hour in 1998. In Germany, a Maglev train line is being constructed between Hamburg and Berlin, it is hoped to be done in 2005. A downside to the Maglev trains is the cost of building the guideways; in the United States it would probably cost between 10 to 12 million…