The Nazis were outraged and wanted Hitler to fight the ban. However‚ on May 8‚ 1932‚ General Kurt von Schleicher held a secret meeting with Hitler to make an agreement to lift the ban. In addition to lifting the ban‚ the current government of Germany would fall‚ new elections would be called‚ and Chancellor Bruening would have no political value. In
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Ferdinand Porsche[2] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and honorary Doctor of Engineering. He was best known for creating the first hybrid vehicle (gasoline-electric)‚ the Volkswagen Beetle‚ and the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK‚ as well as the first of many Porsche automobiles. Porsche designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen‚ which was the first race car with mid-engine‚ rear-wheel drive layout. Known in business circles as the "great engineer"‚[3] he made a number
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Alchemy Picture alchemy in your mind. When you think of the word‚ a variety of creepy‚ mystical images may come to mind. Alchemy was a major scientific topic during the time Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was written. Alchemy was not only a science‚ but a spiritual tradition to its practitioners. Although many modern scientists may disagree‚ alchemy was an important advancement in modern chemistry. This is because of its main goals‚ its history‚ and major alchemists. Alchemy was the beginning
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and American transformation from isolationism to interventionism. Heinrichs begins this story in his prologue discussing where he believes the problems leading up to the war began. He begins by saying that before the war ambushed the US it slowly snuck up over many years before crashing down on December 7th‚ 1941. He states that the world economic crisis and the stock market crash of 1929 began the decent towards war (Heinrichs 3). The economic crisis weakened confidence in world order‚ upset the
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Bibliography: Moholy-Nagy‚ László‚ Painting‚ Photography‚ Film (1927). Scharf‚ A Art and Photography (1968). Crary‚ Jonathan‚ Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century (1992). Franz von Stuck und die Photographie (1996).
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The Great War was an atrocious and barbaric event that led to the deaths of millions all over the world. To properly understand the Great War from a cultural perspective‚ one must understand both the causes and ramifications of the Great War. Properly understanding both the causes and the ramifications helps one to understand the significant impact the war had on Western Civilization. Several causes helped spark this Great War which would affect the entirety of Western Civilization. First‚ Germany’s
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a belief that Germany was unique‚ distinct from other European nations and was therefore destined to follow a different transition from Aristocracy to Democracy. This course could include violence if necessary; past German Chancellors such as Otto Von Bismarck who was famous for his Blood and Iron Speech during the unification of Germany are an example of that. Germany had a history of Authoritarianism and a strong belief in Militarism and the army. The days of the Kaiser and the Second Reich‚ during
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Who or what was responsible for Hitler’s rise to power? Many believe that there was only one factor for his rise to power. Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any country other than Germany‚ implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. Others say that Hitler made himself dictator by means of his own political genius. Yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or only Germany’s social and economic scene in
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Sure the sight of a black bubble in a person’s skin could scare someone at least a little‚ or the terrible aches and pains brought about by a disease which no one in the region had heard about or had the slightest idea of a cure for could be a bit frightening. Just as it was during the 14th thru 16th centuries in Western Europe and just as it is today‚ death was and still is a big thing to fear. Thus‚ this epidemic that killed one third of Western Europe’s population got to be known as the Black
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Paul Krugman calls 1913 the high-water mark of the First Global Economy. He notes‚ that over the preceding century‚ the world economy had been transformed by technology and the widespread acceptance of the belief that free markets‚ with secure property rights‚ were the best way to achieve economic progress. After 1913 the market atrophied -- long-distance trade shrunk‚ private international movements of capital virtually disappeared‚ and a third of the world rejected private property. How does
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