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    Six Million Jews

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    Soviet prisoners of war: around 3 million (including about 50,000 Jewish soldiers.Non-Jewish Polish civilians: around 1.8 million (including between 50,000 and 100,000 members of the Polish elites.Serb civilians (on the territory of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina): 312,000.People with disabilities living in institutions: up to 250,000.Roma (Gypsies): 196,000–220,000,Jehovah's Witnesses: around 1,900.Repeat criminal offenders and so-called asocials: at least 70,000,German political opponents and resistance

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    Causes of World War 1 The distinct classes, the idea of Nationalism, and the alliances between countries would eventually lead to a war that would change the world forever. World War 1, also known as the Great war, was a war originating in Europe. The war lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (4 years, 3 months, and 2 weeks.) This happened to be one of the largest wars in history. There were many things that ended up pushing us into the war. In World War 1, the Allies fought

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    This Great War was the largest, most destructive war that the world has ever laid eyes on. WWI was a worldwide war that changed the course of the twentieth century and it wasn’t a good change either. From 1870 to 1914, some developments slowly increased tensions among the European powers that led to the outbreak of World War I. The growth of militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism increased tensions that increased among all the European nations. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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    Causes of the First World War “The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 grew out of a short term crisis in the Balkans, but any attempt to understand its origins must take into account a number of long standing developments.” (McDonough). To discuss this judgement, we must investigate the causes of the First World War, the consequences of these actions, and to what extent were they responsible for the start of the war. A long term and economical cause

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    Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen. The countries that make up the Balkans are Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Greece. They had many of the same aims, goals, and movements. However, Pan-Arab and Pan-Slav were different in many ways. Pan-Arab had several aims, goals, and movements, During the late

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    Gendered Lens

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    people’s privacy. When a woman is forced to commit a sexual act it is humiliating, it becomes magnified when it is done publicly. Many rapes occur publicly in front of family, friends and communities. An example of this is during the conflict in Bosnia- Herzegovina where Bosnian Muslim women were publicly shamed by rape, when they were dragged out of their houses and forced to commit sexual acts by Bosnian Serbs (Wood,

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    billion which included both direct and indirect costs. The war essentially started with the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was killed by Gavril Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Bosnia was a part of Austria-Hungary and the Bosnians were against it. The Serbians wanted Bosnia and Herzegovina to be theirs and it is believed that Princip obtained the gun from the Serbians. Black hand which was a secret society organized by the Serbian

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    The Infection and Prevalence of HIV among Adults and Adolescents in the United States Kuljit Kaur Sidhu I.D. #16822472 Summer Session I 2015 Professor Jaime Allgood I. The Public Health Problem The United States is facing a flourishing epidemic of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections which is rapidly progressing and contributing to the rising mortality rates. HIV is an infection that is caused when a virus attacks the immune system which is the body’s

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    The European Union ( Eu )

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    The European Union (EU) has a variety of methods to promote democracy beyond its borders. It is the contention of this paper that EU democracy-promotion policies are more significant in the context of a pre-accession conditionality. The success of EU democracy promotion is contingent upon the degree of bargaining power the EU possesses vis-à-vis ‘third countries’ (third countries being those which seek EU membership, and are prepared to make the necessary political and economic reforms). In the context

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    English. Thus, around 400 out of 13763 people spoke Chinese in the year 2011. - The top 3 overseas birthplace of emerging communities are Bosnia and Herzegovina (118), Israel (112) and United Arab Emirates (106) in year 2006. However, the United Arab Emirates born population increased to 167, occupying the first place 5 years after, whereas Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked the third (145). Israel born population raised from 112 to 150, and be the second place in year 2011. - There are 44.71% population

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