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- 711: 1984: Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- ... understand it" ("George Orwell"). George Orwell has been a major contributor to anticommunist literature around the World War II period. Orwell lived in England during World War II, a time when the totalitarianism state, Nazi Germany, was at war with England and destroyed the city of London. " I know that building' said Winston finally. Its a ruin now. It's in the middle of the street outside the Palace of Justice ... World War II. During that time Soviets gained six nations as satellites. England was helpless and had to worry about their own problems and had to watch the Soviet Union take control of half of Germany. The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, closely resembles Big Brother. They were both larger than life figures in there respective countries. In the Soviet Union you could easily have found large posters with Stalin ...
- 712: Albert Einstein
- ALBERT EINSTEIN Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 in Germany. His family owned a small business that manufactured electric machinery. The business failed and they left Germany. Albert was fifteen years old and he dropped out of school. When Albert was five when he received his first compass and he began to investigate the world. Little did he know that that compass ...
- 713: Nuclear Physicists And The Development Of A Nuclear Bomb
- ... fission of the uranium nucleus had recently been discovered. A long-time friend, Leo Szilard, and other physicists realized that uranium might be used for enormously devastating bombs. They had reason to fear that Nazi Germany might construct such weapons. Einstein, reacting to the danger from Hitler's aggression, had already abandoned his strict pacifism. He now signed a letter that was delivered to President F.D. Roosevelt, warning him to ... American Activities maligned teachers and other intellectuals, Einstein publicly advised the people under attack not to cooperate, but to follow the principle of civil disobedience. He was equally uncompromising when he refused any association with Germany. He even rejected honors from his native land -- he could not forgive the murder of Jews by Germans. In 1952 Einstein was offered the position of President of Israel, a chiefly honorific post. Old and ...
- 714: Beethoven
- BEETHOVEN Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His mother was a singer in the service; his father was a court musician that had little motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a gift at a young age, and ... deaf. Although he was deaf he could still write music. He finished his first symphony in 1800. In 1802, Beethoven became depressed and thought a lot about suicide. He went to a small village in Germany where he stayed for a few years. The next couple of years Beethoven created his most impressing masterpieces. In 1812 he had completed over twelve of his best works and he was known worldwide. But ...
- 715: Sigmund Freud
- ... brothers some 20 years older than himself. His family moved to Vienna when he was four years old, and though he often claimed he hated the city, he lived there until it was occupied by Germany in 1938. Freud's family background was Jewish, though his father was a freethinker and Freud himself an avowed atheist. Freud was a good student, and very ambitious. Medicine and law were the professions then ... was 67. He would have 30 operations over the next 16 years to treat the progressive disease. Meanwhile, a political cancer was growing in Europe. By 1933, the Nazi party had risen to power in Germany. They burned books by Freud, among others. They took over Austria in 1938. Freud's passport was confiscated, but his fame and the influence of foreigners persuaded the occupying forces to let him go, and ...
- 716: Invasion Of Normandy
- ... only countries that he did not take over is the UK and Russia. There was two countries, Sweden and Switzerland that were neutral in the war. So with the invasion of Normandy would finally make Germany surrender. The area of Normandy is basically a xxx mile long strip of beaches and rocks. As it states above there was 5 main beaches that you could get access to the mainland with trucks and tanks. Germany had a wall of defenses for these beaches. That was called the Atlantic wall. There was big guns at the tide and then a smaller gun in a solid cement wall. Through the beaches there ...
- 717: J.P. Morgan
- ... Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored in mathematics. He began to become interested in business affairs as he started and investing club amongst his friends and kept strict records of his own ... Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored in mathematics. He began to become interested in business affairs as he started and investing club amongst his friends and kept strict records of his own ...
- 718: All Quiet on the Western Front: "The Cause of Death"
- ... a nineteen year old man who is swept into the war, along with his friends, not one day before he is out of school. They are sent to the front to "protect the fatherland" or Germany as it is called. Paul and his friends go from this idealistic opinion to disillusionment throughout the book as they discover the truth that the enemy is just like them, and Paul's friends start ... is a smart man before the war, who enjoys reading and drawing. He had a bright future ahead, but the war killed his future. Every man he knew wanted him to join the war, defend Germany, and come back a hero. When he heard the first shell, saw the first man die, killed his one of the enemy, he was never the same Paul again. The reader sees this when Paul ...
- 719: Nomandy And Stolingrad
- The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Normandy were two vital battles in World War II. Stalingrad was the site of a critical WWII Soviet victory that terminated Germanys advance to the east. Peaceful Normandy took its place in history as the starting point in the triumphant march across Europe. Both these intense events were extremely significant in the outcome of the ... was the turning point of the war, signaling the eventual end of the Third Reich. It was the summer of 1944 and the time to invade couldnt have come at a better one. Nazi-Germany had already reaped and taken over the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg as of the summer of 1940. The entire land mass of Europe was filled with worry and fear wondering if the ...
- 720: Human Cloning -
- ... intervention seeking to create human beings genetically identical to another human being, whether living or dead. It rules out any exception to the ban, even in the case of a completely sterile couple. Britain and Germany however, did not sign this agreement. Germany claims that the protocol would be weaker than the anti-research laws they already have, while Britain strongly supports their decision to enforce freedom. French president Jaques Chirac stated that Nothing will be resolved by ...
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