Oscar Hammerstein II

The "Shoah" Ethnic cleansing is the mass killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society. From 1941-1945, the world witnessed one of the most atrocious acts of ethnic cleansing; this cleansing cultivated the infamous name of “The Holocaust”. Adolf Hitler led Germany into the organized extermination of Jews for these four years. In the United States, today, classrooms across the nation spread awareness of this despicable time period in human history. Though, shockingly,…

The First World War was an extremely devastating conflict, whether it is to the millions who lost their lives or the decimated, crater-ridden landscapes the war left in its wake. The Great War was also a war of technological brilliance, because of the many new types of war technologies and ideas that were brought to light during this conflict. From new rifles to machine guns to airplanes; all of these types of technology, weapons and methods of waging war paved the way for technology and warfare…

Contrary to the common belief towards war at the time, Gandhi once commented, “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.” Gandhi alludes that violence is not the answer to conflicts. Though war may seem to be for a just cause in the short term, it only encourages violence in the future and eventually leads to permanent negative consequences. From 1914 to 1918, World War I demonstrated the unfortunate repercussions of…

their Christianity while the Jews and other groups were killed because of their inferiority to the Aryan race. The Armenian genocide transpired during World War I , specifically between April 1915-1917. However, the Holocaust occurred during World War II, specifically between 1933-1945. The aggressors of the Armenians were the Turks while the Nazis were the aggressors of the Holocaust. The two mass executions took the lives of millions of innocent…

Cromwell brought a relapse of the Stuart dynasty, of what he had once tried to eliminate. Even though he ended the rule of Charles I of England, in the end his strict governing led to the rebellion of the English people against him. This led to Charles II, Charles I’s son, to rule, in a way, relapsing his father’s rule. Oliver Cromwell’s main purpose of the disposal of the king Charles I was he was ruling England as a absolutist; although, that is what Oliver Cromwell himself ended up doing…

Traditions and Small-Town Values Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a shocking tale of tradition and the horrifying results when are taken to the extreme. The author’s word choice, setting, and overall tone used in conveying the story sends a powerful message to the reader. The style and diction used by Jackson to create a familiar and comforting setting and tone in her tale of senseless violence both brings the violence of human nature closer to home and reveals the darker nature of tradition,…

Which of these sources is more valuable in explaining why there were differences between the Western Powers and the Soviet Union? Source A, a speech by Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain Speech’ and Source B, taken from an interview with Josef Stalin, both point that there were differences between the Western Powers and the Soviet Union – but one is more valuable in explaining why than the other – and in this case Source A is the most valuable. Source A is a small sample taken from the…

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk...In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risk. -Mark Zuckerberg. This quote was stated by the author in a interview where he is trying to give helpful advice to early entrepreneurs. This quote basically means if you don 't take a chance that greatly affects your life then you probably will fail because you didn 't even try. This quote fits in our society today because of all the new technology…

in the history of his people and biblical stories of Jewish bravery, which drove him to display modern examples of Jewish courage to the world. This exhibit surrounds the three themes that Szyk based his illustrations off of, which include: World War II, America, and Jewish response. The second exhibit was called…

target, and do massive damage. Not only were they extremely precise, but they could be guided, so the trajectory could be changed while in midair. This allowed for extreme bombardment of high value targets from miles away (German Rocketry in World War II). This meant that war could be fought from extreme distances, and drastically changed the style of…