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    Were people accused of witchcraft given fair trials? In my opinion, they were not. Based on the information gathered from the three documents, many of the men and women accused of witchcraft were doomed before the trial even took place. There are many reasons as to why the trials were unfair before they even started. First, a big reason why the trials were so unfair was because of the church. They could use their influence on society to decide who has jurisdiction over certain areas, giving

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    The 20th century is the bloodiest century in history when we look at death tolls alone. The twentieth century saw the Armenian genocide, Holodomor, and the Holocaust. The Holocaust was performed very systematically and is one of the main reasons why people were murdered so systematically during the twentieth century. This has been due to increase of technology, rise in authoritarian rule, and increased industrialization. First, the increase in technology really helped increase death count during

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    Myth Story: The Disappearance of Lorelei There once lived a beautiful nymph named Lorelei on the Rhine River. The only thing more beautiful than her physical beauty was her voice. When she sang, it is said that no one can resist, and anyone hearing her irresistible song would not be able to avoid death. One day, a proud, young warrior, Ronald, and his father were boating down the Rhine River and Ronald soon heard Lorelei’s alluring song. When he heard Lorelei’s voice, he felt as if there were invisible

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    To help one differentiate between the Renaissance Era and Baroque Era Heinrich Wolfflin created the Wolfflin Method. The Wolfflin Method compares the two eras in a masterful way that helps one simplify the differences between the Renaissance and Baroque Eras. The Renaissance Era is represented by linear, planar, closed, and multiplicity elements. All of these elements combined to create a crisp painting where lines and shapes are distinguished. The Baroque Era is represented by painterly, recessional

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    innocent prisoners in these camps to experiment on for their own personal pleasure and amusement. One of these infamous Doctors was Dr. Sigmund Rascher, a German SS doctor during the Nazi regime. He experimented on the prisoners with the consent of Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the the Schutzstaffel also known as the SS. “From 1941 to 1944, Rascher conducted some of the textbook ethical trespasses of Berlin’s human experimentation regime” .

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    such as this is to promote the importance of the German past while further involving the German public. Pamphlets like these were created in support of new archeologically organizations that were primarily funded by high-ranking officials such as Heinrich Himmler. Infamous for his work in the SS and the managing and construction of the German concentration camps, Himmler had a deep interest in the past as a form of national identity and German mysticism. It was his belief that the German people should

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    Human logic lies within the confines of two principles: faith or morality. As Christians we modify our daily lives to align with our Faith. We trust and follow the decrees that are outlined and provided in the word of God. We are governed by laws such as love your neighbor as yourself, love your enemy, do good and abstain from evil. I contend that those who live by the principle of morality also practice these basic laws except they do so without cause. Christians reason that we live in such a

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    For example, the Dallas Holocaust Museum (DHM) purchased a train car and placed it as the entranceway into its core exhibit. As such, the train car functions as a literal entry way into understanding the Holocaust. In October 2016 the DHM announced renovation plans for the exhibit. The plans call for the continued used of the train car as a place to walk through wherein guests will exit the car “into the killing center exhibit” symbolising the transitional moment of victims towards their extermination

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    responsible for the mass deportations, the fault of the whole Holocaust was not all on him. To some extent, Eichmann was just following the orders of men as worse as him.Eichmann uses this idea in his defence. He testified that he was just working under Heinrich Himmler and Mueller, two of his superiors. He explained how he had to follow the orders he was given and that the punishment for disobedience was death. In fact, Eichmann said in one of the trial transcripts, [11] “I was merely a tool in the hands

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    High Renaissance and Baroque Styles The Renaissance and Baroque are two difference styles of art, but they play an important role in the history of art. Based on the five concepts in Wolfflin’s “Principles of Art History” to compare and contrast two artworks: “Delivery of the Keys” (about 1481-1482) by Pietro Perugino, which is created with high Renaissance style, and “Raising of the Cross” (about 1610-1611) by Peter Paul Rubens is created with Baroque style. Although “Delivery of the keys” and

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