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    Multiple Polish-Soviet wars broke out over the last 500 years, however, in the last 300 years many of the victories were won by Russia (Zawodny 69). The continuous blows to the Polish state weakened Polish forces as well as their economy and led to its eventual partitioning in the 18th century (Garlinski xv). To what extent did Soviet involvement in the Warsaw Uprising lead to the defeat of the Polish rebel army at the hands of the German army? Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920 The Polish-Soviet…

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    Adolf hitler killed over 6 million Jews during the holocaust. A Lot of people didn't support Hitler and Himmler's plan, and Jan karski was one of those people. Born in poland, he strongly believed in freedom of religion. He did not support how hitler killed so many innocent people. He worked hard during his life and through his capture. Even after he escaped, he went back to the underground and saved many people's lives. After touring the Warsaw Ghetto, he donned a disguise to enter a nazi…

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    Sendler who was a polish nurse that save thousands of Jewish children. So resistance efforts are people who are willing to help people even if it does get them hurt. Irena sendler was born on February 15,1910 in Otwock Warsaw. She was greatly influenced by her father who was one of the first polish socialists. Her father died February 1917 from typhus. After her father death, Jewish community leaders offered her mother help in paying for Irena education. Sendler studied polish literature at…

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    The case study; Polska Pipe Works, refers to the negotiation and management practices of an American company that expanded its market to Poland and the Central and Eastern European countries. Stewer Technologies, an American pipe manufacturer, create a joint venture in Poland to manufacture polyethylene pipes in the Polish city of Krakow. Poland is a city with 38 million of people, Poles are people who are very proud of their roots, and heritage, Poland is a communist country. Stewer…

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    politics and feelings of exclusion, some African American’s, led by Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and civil rights leader called for others in the black community to boycott the fair in the hopes of gaining a more prominent role for the group. This sentiment was not however felt by most. Haiti’s representative for the fair, Frederick Douglass disagreed and strongly urged for African Americans to participate in order to demonstrate that regardless of the hurdles imposed upon them,…

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    also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

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    Observe & Analyze Assignment One The first person I saw was in my psychology class. It was a caucasian female, with short, dirty blond hair. I noticed that she had blue nail polish on her nails that looked pretty old based on the amount of polish picked off of her nails. I also noticed that she had a black pen in her right hand. According solely on her posture, she seemed like someone who is serious about her work. Sometimes before class started, she would look back and smile indicating…

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    their decisions.But I can still provide examples. In “The Mighty Miss Malone” (by Christopher Paul Curtis) the scene was set in the 1930’s. Even though African Americans were free, “white” people were not accepting them. The African Americans believed that they could show the “white people” they were just as good if Joe Louis (African American)…

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    and health care coverage Blacks and American Indians/ Alaska Natives have the poorest health records, whereas White and Asians have the highest rates of excellent health. Another characteristic of Whiteness, according to Martin and Nakayama (2014) are the social attitudes (pp.118-120), such as " I deserve it" seen especially among White American…

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    cases was the Holocaust. The Holocaust had Adolf Hitler trying to wipe out every single Jew on the face of the Earth. He also targeted the Polish people, and homosexuals. People of these races plus more, were sent to concentration camps and brutally worked until they were incapable of doing so. This all happened because Hitler was intolerant toward the Jews, Polish, and homosexuals. Another example of intolerance is back in the 1960s with the Ku Klux…

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