James Gall who had fought in World War I‚ left with nothing but wounds and horrors from his time in the service. Nonetheless‚ after a quick brekky of vegemite on toast‚ James hopped aboard trains and trams‚ leaving Watson’s Bay to go to the Victoria Barracks to seek enlistment. 1942 brought with it the first major raid of Darwin during James’ time in the war. Ironically‚ the year started with a present from James’ sister‚ Joyce‚
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The Pianist Roman Polanski’s (The director)‚ "The Pianist" tells the story of a Polish Jew‚ a classical musician‚ who survived the Holocaust through stoicism and good luck. This is not a thriller‚ and avoids any temptation to crank up suspense or sentiment; it is the pianist’s witness to what he saw and what happened to him. The film is based on the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman‚ who was playing Chopin on a Warsaw radio station when the first German bombs fell. Szpilman’s family was prosperous
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30‚ 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started his career as a diplomat. He served in the Syrian embassies in Egypt‚ Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ Britain‚ China and Spain then retired in 1966 and finally‚ moved to Beirut‚ Lebanon where he founded a publishing company. During his time as Syrian embassy‚ he witnessed much unrest in Syria and turned to writing national poetry filled with bitterness at the defeated Arabic people which launched his first famous poem‚ “Bread
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Evan Califano 4/24/12 Modern Europe An Analysis of “This Way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen” The short story “The Death of Schillinger” was a story about a First Sergeant whom ruled over labor sector ‘D‚’ a laboring portion of Birkenau which was formally known as the Auschwitz extermination camp. Schillinger was a short stocky man and was truly evil at his essence; “He visited the crematoria regularly and liked to watch people being shoved into the gas chambers.” (pp.144) One day in August
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`Adversity brings out the best and worst in us Jewish forced to control ranks Internal monologue of jewish person who had an acquaintance with an SIS It seemed years ago that I was brought to this camp‚ brought to a life without my family‚ a life where I only cared for myself‚ a life where I was not truly living. It seemed I lived in this camp my whole life‚ it was hard to remember that it had only been 5 months. Each day is the same‚ a constant reminder that our lives have been changed
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Selections from the Diary of Private Joseph Plumb Martin Joseph Plumb Martin was born in western Massachusetts in 1760. His father was a pastor who often got in trouble for speaking his mind too freely. At the age of seven‚ Joseph was sent to live with his affluent grandfather. When the war started in 1775 Martin chafed to enlist but he was too young. Many of Martin’s friends had enlisted and Martin was quite susceptible to their peer pressure.In June of 1776‚ at the age of 15‚ Martin‚ though
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My desire to pursue a career in medicine can be traced back to my childhood love for‚ and interest in‚ the natural sciences. As I made my transition from elementary to middle school‚ the curriculum split the sciences into physical and life sciences‚ and as a consequence it became apparent to me that it is the life sciences that are in fact‚ what I am passionate about. By the time I had reached secondary school‚ my love for the biological sciences had grown to become the focal point of my academic
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The importance of the army in Spartan society: The entire Spartan society revolved around the army‚ essentially making it the key aspect of Spartan life and culture. The army influenced areas such as education and social structure as well as being the most important defence of Sparta in both combat and reputation. After an embarrassing defeat at the battle of Hysiai Sparta went through great military change‚ these changes dramatically changed all other areas of Spartan life‚ turning Sparta into
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Tommy Russell English IV Schulte 21 September 2014 Literary Analysis of Schindler’s List The Holocaust was a colossal extermination of about six million Jews in Eastern Europe under the criminal hands of Nazis and SS troops during World War II. It started in 1933 and ended in 1945 when the war in Europe finally ended. The whole genocide was organized methodically Germany’s leader‚ Adolf Hitler. At first Jews are persecuted‚ then robbed of their citizenship‚ then moved into ghettos‚ and quickly
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"anti-red" hatred and fear that was sweeping across the US. In the case of Manzanar‚ which is in the Sierra Nevada’s‚ the interned were given one bunk in a large tar-paper barrack for each family‚ equal but small rations of food each week‚ and the able-bodied were given menial jobs that they were not paid for (i.e. building more barracks‚ although they had attended law school or had studied medicine.) (http://thesierraweb.com/lonepine/manzanar.html) But according to the aforementioned website‚ "The camp
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