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An estimated six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. 1.2 million of those victims were killed in Auschwitz alone. Auschwitz had about 65,000 survivors which a plethora of those survivor wrote their testimonies, for instance, Charlotte Delbo and Sara Nomberg-Przytyk. I was interested in learning more about the experience that camp survivors had and the impact between fictional versus reality. Charlotte Delbo was a non-Jewish French survivor in Auschwitz. She has written her personal…

Miriam Schapiro was born in Toronto, Canada onNovember 15, 1923. Her talent rose at age of six when her father gave her weekly drawing assignments. She was a student at the Museum of Modern Art and learned to draw from the nude model at age 14, when she attended Federal Art Project classes. She received both her undergraduate (1945) and graduate (1946, 1949) degrees in art from the University of Iowa, where she studied printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky. While at the university, Schapiro met…

In 1927, Clara Bow, starred in a movie that forever changed the roll that makeup had in women’s lives forever. The movie was called “It,” and she was the “It Girl,” not just in the movie but in the real world too. According to IMBD, the movie is about Clara’s character, named Betty Lou, whom does everything in her power to marry her wealthy business man of a boss. Her attitude and over all look made her an icon that impacted the makeup industry eternally. Her look became immortal, every woman in…

soldiers each. Ambulance carriages or wagons particularly intended for the carriage of sick and wounded, had not been in use in the militaries of America until a year or so before the eruption of the War of the Rebellion. Transport carts, army wagons, ox teams, in fact anything that could be made available for the purpose, had been working. In the War of Independence, in April, 1777, the Congress of the United States passed a bill "devising ways and means for preserving the health of the…

Both Aristotle and Nietzsche’s philosophies impacted the entire study of philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche faced many criticisms during his time on earth and continues to be the face of unique and adverse ways of thinking. Starting off, Nietzsche and Aristotle “saw the ability of the Greek tragedy to transform human understand” (Mitchell 328). Moreover, Aristotle was often pegged as going off the track by not following and often challenging the lessons taught by his teacher, Plato. However,…

This book was truly a fascinating read. It gave me some perspectives that I have never really thought about before. I believe the author is trying to tell us in the writing, that it is okay to do business and to strive to achieve in life. It is not a sin to better yourself or to hope that one day your children will be better off than you yourself. The message that I receive load and clear was that if what we do comes from a good heart and the desire to Glorify God then are actions are good.…

Moses delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage and led them almost to the Promised Land (via the LORD of course). Then Joshua completed Moses’ work by bringing them into the Promise Land. Then Joshua led the conquest against all the nations that occupied the land; killing everyone in their path. Now with Moses and Joshua gone, the period of the Judges begins. This was a time when Israel was governed by a series of very colorful judges as you will see. Then the period of the…

Women in aviation take an important role in women’s respect in the world. Amelia Earhart and Blanche Stuart Scott are two significant people who take part in women’s history of aviation. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Blanche Stuart Scott was the first woman to do a long distance flight and when she retired from flying she wrote and produced for the big five studios of Hollywood's golden age. Women’s role in aviation has been difficult for some but often…

instance, during his portrayal of the King, he says: Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humors, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloakbag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend Vice, that gray iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years? (2.4.…

possible. While the typical morphological means of identifying sex based on the skull and pelvis still hold as the most used and reliable, other methods were necessary when those elements are not present. The use of non-typical features such as the ox coxa, upper spine, and postcranial bones are still in the process of being evaluated and replicated in the scientific community. Statistical analysis of sexing has provided information that the uses of multiple methods in combination provide the…