Aalto-Hochhaus is a 22-floor high-rise apartment building in Bremen‚ Germany‚ designed by Alvar Aalto. It is approximately 60 meters tall and was completed in 1962. Finlandia Hall is a concert hall with a congress wing in Helsinki‚ Finland. The work began in 1967 and was completed in 1971.Alvar Aalto was commissioned by the city of Helsinki to design a concert and congress building‚ the first constructed part of a great central city plan. Aalto University aims to create a new science and arts community
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creation of Germany as a cohesive political and integrated country occurred on 18 January 1871 at the palace of Versailles in France. Following the military defeat of France by Prussia in the Franco/Prussian war‚ (July 1870 to January 1871)‚ the leaders of the existing Germanic states attended a ceremony there to proclaim Wilhelm I of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German Empire . Otto von Bismarck is widely recognized as the statesman who engineered the unification of Germany in this period
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know as the Holocaust. In 1948 a short story called “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was published. This intrigued many people as there were similarities between this and World War II. By comparing “the Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson to Nazi Germany‚ it shows the dangers of following the wrong leaders that results in the unfair persecution of individuals. In “The Lottery” the leaders of the town selected an individual out of a box containing everyone’s names. This meant there was a randomization
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targets as they came from the boats. After years of battle experience‚ General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named a a five star-general. Eisenhower‚ working within the U.S. Army lead the D-Day invasion. This leader began the liberation of Europe. For Germany‚ their general and military theorist‚ Erwin Rommel. Rommel was a highly decorated officer who earned a name for himself previously in WWI. During World War Two‚ he was named the commander of the seventh Panzer division. His reputation for leadership
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The Holocaust was a time of unrelenting horrors and will never cease to represent the terror that we can accomplish if there is no one there to stop it. The general public of Germany went through stages of understanding what was happening in their countries. People accepted the propaganda given to them‚ boycotted what they considered unjust‚ and took actions against the unfair prejudices taken against certain groups. The German officials took drastic measures to ensure that the general public would
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racist to others nations. Ultra nationalism can cause war‚ succession and genocide. Throughout history‚ we have experienced ultra nationalism and all its negative effects‚ whether it was Russia under Joseph Stalin or the well known Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Ultra nationalism develops from nationalism‚ as previously discussed but it doesn’t just instantaneously develop. Generally it requires various factors and events combined to transform nationalism into ultra nationalism such as social and economic
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differently‚ in this case according to Hitlerʼs needs‚ wants and demands. Such minds need to be cleared of standard thinking and the need to listen to‚ protect and serve Hitler needs to be implanted in them. How a life of a standard teen living in Nazi Germany at the time looked like was quite horrific by todayʼs standards. They had special schools in which only the best and strongest of the children could get into. Being in these Nazi schools was quite the privilege and not being in them was a public disgrace
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In 1942 the Nazi invaded the Soviet Union. Half a million Nazi were killed or captured. Three quarters of a million Russians were killed or captured. Right away by these numbers I’m able to tell that this is one bloody part of World War II. Germanys attempt to take over the Soviet Union was a complete failure. They did manage to get five miles into the Soviet Union but were unable to secure Stalingrad like they wanted too. The Germans wanted to build an economic empire but capturing the huge
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Aeroxide® TiO2 P90 (Evonik‚ Germany) was used in all experiments as the photocatalyst. The properties of TiO2 nanoparticles are given in Table 3.1 according to the supplier. The suspensions were prepared by dispersion of the desired amount of TiO2 in deionized water. The suspension was magnetically mixed at the stirrer speed of 500 – 600 rpm. Table 3.1. Characteristic physicochemical data of Aeroxide® TiO2 P90 Properties Unit Primary particle size µm 14 Specific surface area (BET) m2/g 90 ± 20
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Benefits on Nazi Germany. When Hitler was running for office‚ he promised the people he would make unemployment almost non existent. One of the ways he did this was creating jobs by establishing the ‘Bread and Jobs’ union. This allowed men ages 18-25 to enlist in and work on hospitals‚ schools and roadways. Men also had to join the army and do public work like construction. He increased armament introducing conscription and putting people into ammunition factories. Eventually‚ Hitler decreased the
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