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    Holocaust and World War II. During the Holocaust, six million Jews died at the hands of Adolf Hitler. Hitler caused one of the world’s most devastating tragedies. They say the past repeats itself that’s why we have to learn about this terrible event in history, so we can prevent it from happening again. Hitler planned to kill all the Jews and form a superior race. He wanted to gain enough territory for the natural development of the Germanic peoples. “His plan, embraced by much of the German population

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    The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Collapse of Communism The Berlin Wall, also known as the Berliner Mauer, stood as the physical division between East and West Germany from 1961 to 1989. Moreover, it served to separate the two differing ideologies, the democracy in the West and the communism in the East. It was an initiative taken by the Communists in order to prevent the East Germans from fleeing into the more affluent West. (Rosenberg) This division of Germany was preceded by significant geopolitical

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    experience of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The main factor in the collapse of the wall was the never ending fight of the individuals who had fallen under the communist state. Most of these individuals came together and fought in order to achieve their goal of a non-communist state and German unification. The Cold War was the conflict between the Eastern bloc (Communist) against the Western Bloc (Capitalist), the separation between them began to be known as the Iron Curtain. The Berlin Wall was physical representation

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    Holocaust and World War II. During the Holocaust, six million Jews died at the hands of Adolf Hitler. Hitler caused one of the world’s most devastating tragedies. They say the past repeats itself that’s why we have to learn about this terrible event in history, so we can prevent it from happening again. Hitler planned to kill all the Jews and form a superior race. He wanted to gain enough territory for the natural development of the Germanic peoples. “His plan, embraced by much of the German population

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    The War Of The Cold War

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    War. However it cannot be concluded that the Arms Race was the only source of maintaining Cold War Tensions, as it is evident that there are other factors which have contributed to this crisis. Circumstances in relation to the Arms Race such as the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and the ideologies of political personnel’s have all played a role in maintaining tension. The Second World War, recognised the United States and Soviets as allies in which held a friendly and firm relationship

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    Final Paper Dr. Holly Hurlburt Holocaust Memorial The Holocaust had a profound effect on modern history. Millions of European Jews lost their lives during this brutal extermination period. Many Jewish professionals were removed from their businesses and denied education. Thousands of Jewish businesses were ransacked and destroyed throughout Germany. In the middle of the night, Nazi officials broke into Jewish homes kidnapping all Jews regardless of age and gender. These men, women, and children

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    In chapter four of Practices of Looking, it discusses the concept of “realism and perspective”. In the history of visual culture, many realisms, motives and meanings are put together in familiar conversations (for example linear perspectives). Many art movements have incorporated, in some way, components of realism. But sometimes ignoring other components that strongly went with realism sometime labeled as trickery or illusionism (for example, perspective). Also, in visual culture, realism makes

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    There was a Bi-Polarization of Europe due to this and it created a bi-polar world. 2. After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones. West Germany was occupied by the U.S., Britain, and France. Whereas East Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union. Berlin

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    Bell County Museum in Contrast with the German Historical Museum in Berlin, Germany: Even though I have resided in Bell County my entire life, I was completely unaware of the rich history that it provided. It wasn’t until this assignment that I learned of the many great and terrible times that our county has been faced with. The Bell County Museum displays a walk through account of all the major events we have faced as a community; from the Great Bell County Rail Road Controversy of the 1880’s to

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    Voltaire Biography Essay

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    By this time, Voltaire traveled to Berlin, where he was named Knight of the Royal Chamber. When Madame de Chatelet died in 1749, Voltaire returned to Berlin invited by Frederick II the Great, arriving to stay as a guest in the palace of Sanssouci to participate in the gatherings to which the monarch was very nice. During that time he wrote The Century

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