Klaus Kleinfeld

At first Siemens downplayed the affair saying that it was only a matter of a few millions Euros. However within a month their own estimate skyrocketed up to an amount of 420 million Euros. Furthermore Klaus Kleinfeld the then recently installed CEO, denied awareness or involvement. Siemens’ first statements were exemplary of an ill-suited cursory attempting to downplay a developing scandal prematurely. This tactic appeared egoistical and lacked moral responsibility. It also damaged stakeholders’

In the United States, the 1950s was a time riddled with heightened political repression due to the fear of communism. This fear was instilled in the people by the American government, who saw the growing fondness of communism around the world as a threat to the American way of life. With Senator Joseph McCarthy as the head of the communist witch hunt, this period in time is often referred to as the McCarthy Era. The McCarthy Era is marked by unjust accusations of disloyalty to the United States without

were selling the secrets of nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union. They arrested many people including Klaus Fuchs who was a member of the Manhattan Project and who was selling information about the atomic bomb to Moscow. McCarthy and Hoover "began a massive witch-hunt," which led to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. (Moss,220-222) On July 17, 1950 Julius

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union (“on this day”, p.1). Their execution was not meant to happen, it was used as a threat to encourage the Rosenberg’s to confess to their crimes. Julius and Ethel stuck to their story throughout the trial, they remained true to their communist beliefs, but they never confessed to being spies. The Rosenberg’s were executed in June 1953, but there was little evidence supporting

Vaclav Havel Imagine an unfair country where you are forced to abide by laws that destroy the ability to have basic freedom. You weren't able to have a say to whether this policy was fair or unfair and if you spoke your mind, you would get prosecuted or executed. This is what it was like in Czechoslovakia from 1948-1989 living in Totalitarian Regime and Communism. But in all of that fearful and unpredictable mess, was Vaclav Havel. In the future, he would become the last president of Czechoslovakia

searching for a sugar bowl the villains are also looking for. Captain Widdershins gives each child a suit and a task, Violet must fix their telegram, Klaus must look at tidal charts to locate the

Greed can destroy close connections with other individuals and it can also cause harm. There are many obstacles in one’s life that vary from complexity and may soon lead to destructive actions. When I was first introduced to this movie titled, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, around the age of seven, there was something about it that seemed to capture my full attention. The film’s dark setting and dismal theme kept me wanting to know what was going to happen next. As a child, I was

Most authors tend to write their books in a cheerful way. Daniel Handler, on the other hand, writes in a gloomy style, showing the not-so-nice things that can happen to people. For example, the three Baudelaire orphans in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Siblings who just lose their parents in a deadly house fire and have to deal with the trouble known as Count Olaf, a villain after their enormous inheritance. Handler wrote the 13 books in the series under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. A Series

“A story of betrayal, a love story, a spy story, a story of a family torn apart, and a story of government overreaching (Linder).” A scientist of the Manhattan Project, a research project to produce nuclear weapons, Klaus Fuchs told the authorities that he “met with a Soviet agent named Raymond and provided notes on the working design for the atomic bomb (Linder).” The police later learned that the spy Raymond was actually a man by the name of Harry Gold. As a witness

The book is “Series of unfortunate events the Austere academy”. It is about the Baudelaire children Violet, Klaus and Sunny. The story is about how the they go to prufrock preparatory school. But they are faced with a strange set of challenges. When the children get there they find it to look like a nice place but the go to see the vice principal whose name is Nero. He explains the rules of Prufrock Prep, reassuring them that his advanced computer system will keep their enemy, Count Olaf, away