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    learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” The massacre in Jozefow was first to introduce the men of Battalion 101 to mass murder. The orders were that males of working age were to be sent Lublin to serve as work Jews, while the women, children and the elderly were to be exterminated by gunshot immediately. Major Wilhelm Trapp, the battle commander, found these orders repulsive and one of his officers having learned about the upcoming massacre asked to be reassigned to avoid the impending violence;

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    Is Ebola only deadly to the poorest? The whole world is at edge knowing that Ebola is a very lethal virus and it is very tough to treat and cure an infected person. But it has been seen that in countries were level of development is higher and health care is easily reached this disease can be fought. So far, every case of an American infected has ended happily, most recently Dallas nurse Amber Vinson the second patient to contract Ebola in the US has been discharged from Emory Hospital, Ebola-free

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    Overall, the argument of The Great Cat Massacre was that a historian could use the writings of a particular point in history to determine the psychology of the people of that time. In this case, it was of the French people in the decades before the French Revolution. Like Natalie Zemon Davis, Darnton claimed he had the ability to know the mental landscape of the people he studied, understanding their motives based on the few words that were placed before him. But is this determination of a people’s

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    Mysterious is the key word, as throughout the novel O’Brien plays with the fine line between ambiguity and reality. Kathy’s husband John Wade, the main character, is a Vietnam veteran and former politician whose participation in the infamous Mai Lai Massacre caused his fall from grace. Following a landslide defeat in the congressional elections, Kathy and John retreat to solitude in an isolated cabin in the Minnesota woods. Here, O’Brien highlights the stress that secrecy has had on their relationship

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    women were the back bone of many revolutions. There are many important women such as Olympe de Goupes, also many infamous events, but the most memorable actions in which women were involved might have been the March to Versailles and the Peterloo Massacre. Olympe de Gouges battled to give women the entitlement to divorce. In this era it was the man alone that could divorce. She drove for civil joint venture and was critical of slavery. She was a zealous feminist who breathed her last breath for

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    The most deadly and violent war in history also known as the civil war, belongs to the United States of America. Not only was this war the bloodiest war in history but it help shape and develop some of the most gruesome and ferocious men. Bloody Bill Anderson was one of these men, who viciously fought in the civil war for the south. His extreme passion for slavery and war was proven numerous times as he and his ruffian’s murdered, demolished, and destroyed towns and villages in Missouri and Kansas

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    The Townshend Act and the Boston Massacre Whenever the colonies were being established there were always issues, much like today. They worried about over taxation, jobs, money, their children, and many other things. Things haven’t really changed other than some of our morals. Back in the 1770’s many men in power were selfish and cared for nothing but money. Granted, some people make the argument that America is still that way, but we know it’s not all true. Way back when, America was still mainly

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    History of Nanking Massacre

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    Nanking Massacre occur 70 years ago, its history is barely buried like many of the dead were at the time. The Nanking Massacre (also known as the Rape of Nanking) occurred as a part of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, which would then become part of World War II. This war involved the Republic of China defending against the invading Japanese forces. Unfortunately, China was weakened due to a civil war between the Communists and the Nationalists, so it was easily invaded. The Nanking Massacre shows the

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    Politics in Sports

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    The Olympic Games are a worldwide competition that brings people of different cultures and backgrounds into one united area where they compete in their specialized sports. These events, however, are not purely entertainment like they should have been. Today’s societies are more dependent on politics and therefore so are sports and the athletes competing, sometimes even without their own will. In various occasions across the world politics was the main reason for athletes to withdraw from athletic

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    Genocide Genocide a word that brings forth the morbid image of barbed wire fences, trenches overflowing with bodies, malnourished men, women, and children, a depressing black sky. Genocides definition is “the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group” (Merriam-Webster.com) True to its name genocide is a word that has the ability to cause war and leaves a hellish vision in its victims. Despite all of this the seemingly impossibility it is possible

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