The ethnic group to which I most belong is German American. In this paper I will briefly describe and Immigration and Assimilation of the Germans to America. The first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in British Colonies in the 1680s (German America‚ 2010). In the 1800s millions more came to America. They settled mainly in New York and Pennsylvania. America had lured Germans with promises of available land for farming and freedom from religious persecution. Germany was
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Initial German Advantage In the beginning of the Second World War‚ Germany seemingly had an advantage economically over its opponents‚ at least militarily speaking. Adolf Hitler had earlier converted a portion of Germany’s economic sector to producing the armaments necessary for waging war. Germany had also begun stockpiling large amounts of raw materials necessary for creating the machine for war‚ as well as harvesting and exploiting its own local raw materials‚ such as iron ore. While Hitler
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German Shepherd Dog The German Shepherd is not only one of the world’s most popular companion dogs‚ but also probably the most widely used breed for service work. The development of the German Shepherd Dog‚ along with a number of existing breeds‚ helped pioneer the modern use of dogs for service and community work that we can see today. For a breed of dog that has only been officially recognised for just over 100 years‚ it has made an outstanding contribution to mankind worldwide. The origins
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Menzel’s Iron Rolling Mill and the German Industrial Revolution: Political‚ Social‚ and Artistic Representations of German Industry in the 1870s Françoise Foster-Hahn explains how Menzel’s Iron Rolling Mill represented a new vision of industry and how the new German government used it to present a modern‚ progressive vision of German history: ”In all these industrial portraits [William Bell Scott‚ Iron and Coal‚ Industry of the Tyne‚ 1861 (Wallington Hall‚ Northumberland); John Ferguson Weir
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German Luxury-Car Makers Look Beyond Home Market BMW to expand Plant in U.S.‚ Daimler Will Boost Investment in China Venture By William Boston and Neal E. Boudette Updated March 28‚ 2014 2:56 p.m. ET A new BMW X4 is unveiled last Friday at the BMW manufacturing plant in Greer‚ South Carolina as the Germany luxury auto maker announced a $1 billion expansion for the plant. Associated Press German luxury car manufacturers BMW AG and Daimler AG have unveiled plans to spend billions on new car
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Amanda Creacy Mr. McKay German 2- Feste und Feiertage March 2‚ 2012 Wonderful facts on German Holidays In Germany they also celebrate holidays. Some are the same as American holidays but others are different. They seem to have a lot more holidays than we do. Some are celebrated the same in both places but some are different. In Germany some holidays are regional and not national which means that only people living in certain places celebrate them. In January there are multiple major
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Versailles which had treated the German people in an unfair manner. Among these reversals included foreign diplomatic measures which would ensure that Germany would annex the territories it had lost at the conclusion of World War One. In September of 1938‚ with Europe on the brink of yet another major war‚ Great Britain’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain called the four powers – Germany‚ Italy‚ France‚ and Great Britain – to convene in Munich and address German aggression against Czechoslovakia
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German Lifestyle & Economy Germany is a country in the continent of Europe. Germany is the second most populated country following Russia. Over eighty million people live in the country. Germany is located in central Europe surrounded by Denmark; Switzerland; Netherlands; France; Russia; Belgium; Austria; Poland and the Czech Republic. Influence from these countries contributes to some of the customs and cultures of Germany. In the United States‚ most of us have about two meals a day‚ usually
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Witnesses‚ women accused of prostitution‚ homeless‚ and beggars (Bergen). Some civilians of these categories were also removed because they did not fit into society. Later on‚ German soldiers proceeded burning down German Jews and their belongings; many of the Jewish people were arrested and re-located to concentration camps‚ or were killed in a seclusive area (Bergen). Multiple German folk
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questions 2 I.1.Objectives 3 II.Subject of investigation: The German state banks 4 II.1.Sachsen LB 5 II.2.Bayern LB 7 III.Reasons for the underperformance 8 III.1.Business model 8 III.2.Management Board 10 III.3.Supervision 11 III.4.Market structure/ Early warnings 13 Cf. Spiegel (2008) 15 IV.Adjustments 16 Cf. Handelsblatt (2012) 17 I.Bibliography 19 II.Appendix 24 I. Introduction and research questions The German taxpayer had to bail out state-owned banks after their managements
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