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Surviving the Holocaust Did you know that a man named Solomon Radasky wa the only survivor out of 78 people in his family from concentration camps during the holocaust? He was a man who went through a lot to survive and still be living to this day, from sacrificing his well being for others, and transferring from camp to camp, to escaping one of the camps in Germany. This man really changed my life, let's see if his story will change yours too. Before the war started Solomon Radasky was living in

house was broken. Her Mother, Grandmother, and herself all had to hide in their backyard, but her Father and Grandfather got brought to Dachau Concentration Camp. Once they got released, Inge’s family then moved in with their grandparents. Sadly, in 1942, there would be no way to avoid

Herman Russell Branson was an African American Physicist and Chemist who was born August 14, 1914. He is from Pocahontas Virginia. He was the son of a coal minor. His family moved to Washington, D.C during his adolescent years. Thanks to his mother's encouragement to read he became Valedictorian of his high school. During his adult hood he met his wife Corolynne Gray whom he married and they had two children a son named Herman and A daughter name Corolynne Gertrude. Branson went to State College

the turning point in the war. Germany attacked Stalingrad, Russia during the winter of 1942. The Germans thought they would quickly overtake Stalingrad; however, this was not the case. Russia stood its own against the mega-power, Germany. The battle of Stalingrad was not only a turning point in the war for Russia, but also Germany. Germany lost its first relatively big battle. On September 3rd, 1942, Germans reach the outskirts of Stalingrad expecting not much of a fight. Russia, however

After marrying Daisy, he divorced her, and he married and divorced two more times. His other ex -wives include Lil Hardin Armstrong (1924-1938) and Alpha Smith (1938-1942). He stayed with Lucille Wilson until 1942-1971 (his death year).Meanwhile, Louis Armstrong’s music career started to blossom. In 1918, he replaced Oliver in Kid Ory’s band (the most popular band at that time). In 1919, Armstrong played on riverboats with a band led by

relations with Mexico began as self-sustaining system of circular migration. On August 4, 1942 the United States recocnized a need for a temporary intergovernmental agreement to set the standards for Mexican agricultural labor (officially referred to as the Mexican Farm Labor Program). The program lasted much longer than anticipated and in 1951, Congress formalized the Bracero Program with Public Law 78. From 1942

Looking back what Japan has been going throughout the years, Japan has been through a lot.  Some of the events that they was involved in was the Pacific War from 1941 to 1945, the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, constitution of Japan, peace treaties concluded with various countries, Japan becomes a member of the United Nation, and the continuous economic growth. During that era, Japanese leaders felt that they

Were the Nazis the only ones to have concentration camps? Were Jews the only ones forced into these concentration camps? Who were the people that ran these camps? The reason all this started was because after World War I Germany was blamed for all the damage, therefore they were forced to pay to fix all these damages. Hitler was outraged and so he decided to stand up and make a change, quite a horrific change. Concentration camps were cruel places from how many of these people died, the places they

Pictured above: Portrait of George M. Cohan, 1933. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-124301 DLC. CULTUREIFY George M. Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942) was a successful Broadway producer, playwright, performer, lyricist and composer who helped define the Great White Way. He became so widely recognized for his talents that by 1940, Congress awarded George M. Cohan a special medal for composing “Over There, “a song readily familiar to many Americans

“No ships come up the Volga anymore!” Adolf Hitler on the upcoming attack on Stalingrad (Jewish Virtual Library, 2016) “When Barbarossa begins, the world will hold its breath.” Adolf Hitler, 3rd February 1941 Party Conference minutes (Clark, 2012) To understand the significance of Stalingrad to the Second World War and to Germany and Russia, one has to understand the series of events that led up to the fateful battle. Three years into the war Nazi Germany, needing to exhaust the Eastern Front for