Why did so many Europeans collaborate with the Nazi occupiers? As the dust settled in Europe‚ collaborators were hung‚ sent running naked down the streets or imprisoned‚ while the resistance set out to define post-war Europe. The illusion of a clear distinction between Hitler’s henchmen and enemies shaped the psychology‚ language and power structures that are still present today. Collaboration and resistance‚ as categories of human behaviour‚ gained their historical relevance from the weight
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Why did the Liberals win the 1906 election? In the1870s‚ the Conservative Party won three out of four elections and formed the government for 17 years out of a total of 20 years. It reflected the Conservative Party was the most powerful party in England at that time; they even had an overpowering majority of seats in the House of Lords. They had support from everywhere. However‚ the situation changed dramatically when the Liberal party won the general election in 1906 with an overwhelming majority
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Why would people have to save kids? Well they want To help German children. The people had to come up with a plan. After Hitler made everyone think Jews where bad people and after he started burning buildings down and stealing things from the Jews people wanted to help them. The other countries told Adolf Hitler that they wanted to form a transport to save all the lives of Jewish people. He only allowed children to board the transport. After everyone knew it was ok to form the KinderTransport they
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is the Medici family. This big merchant family benefits a lot from the fast development of Italian economy. They spent a large number of funds on art region‚ promoting the renaissance to expand. However‚ in the Northern Europe‚ English and France still fought each other in the Hundred-Year war. Two competing Popes still resided in Rome and Avigon. These conflicts influenced the economic system of Northern Europe so patrons were unable to provide funds as much as the Medici did. Dukes of Burgundy were
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1. The value in considering “The other’” position can come in many forms. While dealing in our every day social interactions‚ Opinions are formed in relation to our compassion‚ worldliness‚ and understanding. These opinions typically shape how we all view each other. If we truly want to have an objective point of view‚ appear compassionate‚ and portray ourselves in a passionate light then we must always consider “the others.” Additionally‚ if we truly wish to be successful we must understand the
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it aesthetically displeasing where as others believe that the developments will help people enjoy the various activities the coastline waters and sands offer. People have different and often conflicting perspectives about how the coast should be used and managed. Opinions may be expressed by various stakeholders‚ such as local residents‚ environmental activists‚ conservationists‚ business owners‚ pensioners‚ fishermen and young people. A stakeholder is a group or individual who has a vested interest
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My opinion is that people have the right to break the law‚ especially for reasons that are infringement of citizen’s rights or any unconstitutional law. Breaking these kinds of laws does not give the right to break any other laws. We have done this in the past many times. Breaking the law is only acceptable if it is against any immoral/unjust laws. As said by Frankel‚ “In short‚ if anybody has the right to break the law‚ this cannot be a legal right under a law. It has to be a moral right against
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The Outsiders” is a book about two groups of people‚ the Socs and the Greasers. These two groups of people are very different from one another. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ OK in the 1960’s. The Greasers are a group of people in “The Outsiders” that grease their hair and wore t-shirts and jeans with switchblades in their pockets and mosted of them smoked. They are not wealthy people. A few of the characters that belong to the Greasers are Johnny Cade‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ Two-Bit‚ Dairry Curtis‚ Soda
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On page 126 Wheelen poses the question‚ “Why do some people have indoor trampolines and private jets while others sleep in bus station bathrooms?”. I believe that Wheelen is asking about the disparity of wealth within developed nations. Why is it legal for Bill Gates to install an 81 car parking garage within his house‚ but over half a million Americans are without homes. To answer his own question‚ Wheelen goes on to discuss the concept of human capital‚ the total sum of skills a given person has
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Why did Starbucks fail in the Forbidden City? Zane lee (Ziang Li) ESLI PMP Why did Starbucks fail in the Forbidden City? Introduction Nowadays‚ economic globalization is becoming an irreversible tendency; therefore‚ different multinational corporations always want to extend their branches to other countries‚ especially for the food companies‚ such as‚ McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ and Burger King. In recent years‚ the world has also witnessed that China’s economy has developed to a higher level since
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