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    Simon Weisenthal

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    Simon Weisenthal was a renowned Nazi hunter and Author. He was born on December 31st, 1908. He lived a heroic life and died on September 20, 2005. I am just here to explain his tales and misfortunes. Simon started off by being born in the Ukraine, but his parents soon packed up and took him along to Argentina. Growing up he did well in school and graduated from The Gymnasium in 1928 and applied to the Polytechnic Institute in Lvov. Turned away because of restrictions on Jewish students, he went

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    Simon Bolivar

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    SIMON BOLIVAR ONE COUNTRY, ONE BROKEN DREAM. Herbert Maduro Columbia Southern University SIMON BOLIVAR ONE COUNTRY, ONE BROKEN DREAM. Herbert Maduro Columbia Southern University Simon Bolivar has been considered by many historians as the liberator of the Americas, he lead an army that liberated Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia from the Spanish rule. Bolivar dreamed in having these countries unified as one big country called “The Gran Colombia”. These countries would

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    Simon Cowell's Legacy

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    In our mind, we consider those who make a living out of crushing dreams of others as monsters, yet Simon Cowell just does that. This unit is about someone who is leaving a legacy and this paper’s purpose is to prove that Simon Cowell is indeed leaving a legacy. Cowell is well known for his brutally honest personality and bringing many contestants to tears after auditioning for him as well as partnering up and creating American Idol, and Pop Idol. Cowell struggled throughout most of his early career

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    Simon Bolivar was born July 24th, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. His family consisted of a slew of wealthy Creoles, or those born in America but of European decent. However, early on in his life he was faced with tragedy when first, his father died when he was three and then his mother soon followed as he neared the age of only six. Although his parents’ deaths seemed untimely and tragic but, because of the wealth of the family, Bolivar had great access to two very important tutors who would mold his

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    Simon Bolivar Essay

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    THE BEGINNING      Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar was born in Caracas on July 24, 1783 to don Juan Vicente Bolivar y Ponte y dona Maria de la Concepcion Palacios y Blanco. Simon received an excellent education from his tutors, Simon Rodriquez and Andres Bello. By the age of nine Bolivar lost both his parents, and was being taken care of by his uncle don Carlos Palacios. At the age of fifteen in 1799 he traveled to Spain to receive a better education

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    Simon Wiesenthal Thesis

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    (“Quotes”). Simon Wiesenthal took a stand in history by bringing to justice over 1,000 Nazi criminals after WWII (“About”). Although a silent protagonist, he helped the world realize how the Holocaust impacted the millions of Jews in concentration camps. In the short-term, his efforts brought hundreds of war criminals to trial and served justice to those involved in the violence of the Holocaust. While in the long-term, his efforts brought global awareness for the victims of the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal

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    In The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, a wounded soldier asks Simon for forgiveness for a terrible crime he committed during the Holocaust. He is on his deathbed, and asks a nurse to bring a Jewish person to him. The nurse brings Simon and Simon doesn’t forgive him, instead walking out without saying anything. After reading The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal along with multiple essays responding to it, I believe Simon should have forgiven the man because he was manipulated into thinking what he was

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    Simon Bolivar will be remembered throughout history forever. Bolivar has a not only a country, but a city, and currency named in his honor for his fight for independence in South America. Bolivar is also honored all over South America with hundreds of streets and statues. According to John Lynch of HistoryToday.com, “modern revolutionaries see him as a reformist who secured political change but left the colonial heritage of his continent virtually intact.” Simon Bolivar was born during a period of

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    Simon Cowell, a very successful man who grew up in London and has moved here to the United States. He has developed 3 different hit TV shows. 1 airing in the U.K, and 2 airing in the United States. Cowell is still a very successful man today, even though 1 of his shows have been canceled. But how? How is Simon still such a successful? Simon Cowell was born October 7th, 1959 in London, England. Cowell’s father Eric Philip Cowell was an estate agent and a music executive. His mother Julie Brett was

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    The Holocaust was a genocide that occured from 1933-1945, and one of its survivors was Simon Wiesenthal. Wiesenthal was an architect before he was captured by the Nazis. After he was set free, he dedicated his life to finding Nazi war criminals and persecuting them in court. Later on in his life, he wrote a memoir, The Sunflower. It was about one of his many experiences at the Lemberg concentration camp where he got roped in to listening to a dynig SS soldier, Karl. Right before, Wiesenthal leaves

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