Unification of Germany

The immigration of polish citizens to the United States has occurred because of varying reasons. Many Poles came to America because of economic reasons and as a way to seek refuge from the effects of World War II. Polish Jews came to the United States as a result of growing anti-Semitism and discrimination. For this reason, it is important to highlight some of the major differences between the immigration of poles and Jewish poles to the United States. Several factors influenced polish…

Peter Gunst focuses on why Eastern/Central Europe struggled to keep up with Western Europe technically, socially, and economically. The first peculiarity he notes is how there was no private ownership in Eastern Europe like there was in Western. Instead, the region used the idea of common land property. This isolated village communities and kept the region politically inferior to the well-connected Western Europe. These communal fields also created economic and social stasis because the system…

During the start of the 20th century, there were many dangerous issues facing the world. Some of these issues included Domestic political factors with Germany, Imperialism, a web of alliances and nationalism. There were many factors that threatened the world during this time, but these are just a few issues that threatened global stability and they also contributed to the build up to World War I, which was the greatest issue and threat during this time period. German conservatives were hesitant…

The Grimm’s “Household Tales” can be considered reflections of Herder’s idea because the two based their stories off of “the old German Literature.” Just in the required readings alone, you witness cruelty, but always endure a happy or joyful ending. The Grimm’s told their stories in the form of pride to portray the nature of German identity. When they took this approach, they were adding education for the people, language, religion, and giving the background of society during that time. The…

Iceland: the Land of Fire and Ice The Republic of Iceland contains some of the most breathtaking geological features in the world. With a population of 329,100, it is the least populated country in Europe. It is the second largest island in Europe and the seventeenth largest in the world. Located in the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Norway, Iceland is nearest to Europe and is thusly considered a European country. To put it into perspective, its capital city Reykjavík is a five hour plane…

this; she spent much of her youth touring the continent with other members of this organization. She traveled through Germany with the notorious Mitford Sisters, British aristocrats went to jail for their public support of Nazi. Joseph and Ella Hepburn divorced when Audrey was very young. She was attending school in London when the Second World War broke out. Ella returned to Germany and attended Nazi rallies and wrote about those rallies in articles for a fascist magazine called The Blackshirt.…

the age of twenty-five, he published two incompleteness theorems. Thereafter, he began working at the University of Vienna as Privatdozent. Concurrently, he also became a visiting professor at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, USA. When Germany annexed Austria, he moved to the USA, where he spent his entire career at IAS, Princeton. Although he was basically a mathematician, later his interest shifted towards philosophy and he continued working on these two subjects. Unfortunately,…

Life for Jews under Christian rule has not been easy over the centuries. Starting in the late 1400’s Sephardic Jews have been dealing with a great deal of oppression prior to their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Their expulsion incited a massive movement of Sephardic Jews who were forced to pick up their things and move out of Spain. As a result, most fled across Europe in hope of finding a suitable country to relocate too without facing persecution. Although many Jews fled East, the ones that…

The article “Soldiers Bridge Language, Cultural Barriers at Combined Resolve Exercise”, talks about how NATO has tried to standardize language across the 29 nations during the multinational Combined Resolve X. The Combined Resolve is a exercise created to test the readiness and capabilities of the U.S Army Europe rotational forces in a multinational environment. This training exercise included almost 3,700 military members from various allied nations. Coalition forces were created for the…

ydney Brenner was born in January 13, 1927 in Germiston, South Africa. Brenner’s parents were Jewish immigrants. His father was a shoe repairer and they lived in rooms that were at the back of his father’s store. Brenner started to read at a young age. One of his father’s customers, Miss Walkinshaw, encouraged Brenner’s father to allow Brenner to go to her kindergarten without charge. Brenner finished three years of primary school in one year and enrolled to local school when he was six. After…