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- 1141: Holocaust Surviovor Testimony
- ... He also reflected upon his religious beliefs and his hope that people will learn from his experience and others like it, so that history will not be repeat itself. Peter S. was born in Nuremberg, Germany in March 1936. In December 1941, his family was deported to the Riga ghetto, but was saved due to their father's skill as a professional auto mechanic. Eventually separated from his father, who died ...
- 1142: History Of Psychology
- ... and psychology. The evidence presented should show that Wundt and James were extremely instructive and influential figures in the history of psychology. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, the son of an Evangelical pastor, was born near Manheim, Germany, on 16 August 1832. He was from an academic family with members who were scientists, professors, government officials and physicians. He was often inattentive in his own schooling and was a habitual daydreamer. He failed ...
- 1143: History Of Bikes
- ... connected to a wooden beam. At that time, there were no handlebar, no pedals, instead the rider sat on a cushion and pushed his feet against the ground. In 1817, Baron Karl von Drais of Germany invented a improved model called a draisienne, which added a steering bar connected to the front wheel. Twenty years later, a Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, added foot pedals to the Draisienne. In the 1870s ...
- 1144: History Of Asia
- ... imported. Japan was looking to plant its people on foreign soil, Chinas soil. Japan felt it was treated unfair by the U.S. and Great Britain and eventually signed the Anti- Comintern Pact in 1937with Germany. Russia had already begin planting its Communist ideas in China, Japan needed an ally. By 1940 the United States had banned exports to Japan such as scrape metal and fuel. Japan leaders were worried they ...
- 1145: History Of Kosovo- Related To
- ... to intervene, but Albanians continued to force Serbs out of their country, with the final migration ending in 1944. The arrival of Soviet troops in 1944, resulted in the liberation of Kosovo and Metohia from Germany, but power was then given to Albanians, who opened the border of the state to mass Albanian immigration until 1948. The number of ethnic Serbs in that country continued to fall, while some stayed, suffering ...
- 1146: Hurricane Georges
- ... Economics Minister Fred Joseph has estimated agricultural damage at more than $300 million. The United States has provided $12 million in relief aid, Taiwan $300,000 and the U.N. Development Program $100,000. Canada, Germany and Japan also have donated relief funds and supplies. Georges killed five people in Cuba, three in Puerto Rico, three in St. Kitts and Nevis, and two in Antigua. Hurricane Georges crashed into the Dominican ...
- 1147: Hero As Schinder
- ... making money, but every one in his factory was fed, no one was beaten, no one was killed. It became an oasis of humanity in a desert of moral torpor. By the autumn of 1944, Germany's hold on Poland had weakened. As the Russian approached, the Nazi's tried desperately to complete their program of liquidation and send all remaining Jews to die. Schindler used his connections to receive permission ...
- 1148: Henrik Ibsen A Biography
- ... important than her role as wife and mother, was unprecedented. The play caused outrage in many government and church officials. Some people felt that Ibsen was responsible for the rising divorce rate. Some theaters in Germany refused to perform the play the way Ibsen had written it. He was forced to write an alternate "happy" ending in which Nora sees the error of her ways and doesn't leave. The play ...
- 1149: Greece 3
- ... amount of sales on imports is about $27 billion. Imports that are definite needs are 72% manufactured goods, 15% food things, and 10% fuels. The trade partners that participate with Greece are the U.S., Germany, Italy, France, and the U.K. Natural resources help the country in things they need without permanently destroying their environment. The land products that they use are limited, with only 23% of the land being ...
- 1150: Great Powers In The 17th And 1
- ... not enough to survive constant attacks from most of Europe Around 1685, Austria had overcome their enemies the Turks, and began to once again turn their attention westward. When the French king decided to invade Germany is 1688; all its continental rivals were given a chance to strike. Therefore, from 1689, France stood alone against the United Provinces, England, Spain, Savoy, the major German states, and the Hapsburgs. French finances and ...
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