Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss was born in Munich‚ Germany on June 11‚ 1864. He was an accomplished conductor and composer who began composing in the late Romantic era. Richard Strauss received his musical education from his father‚ Franz‚ who was also an accomplished musician and composer. Franz played several instruments but primarily the French horn. Richard wrote his first music at the age of six. As a child he attended Munich Court Orchestra rehearsals and also got private lessons
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DBQ: WW2 Though the 20s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ near the end of the decade and throughout the 30s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries dissatisfied with the results of the previous war‚ World War I. Nations such as Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan took aggressive actions against other nations and neither the League of Nations nor other democratic countries were able or willing to stop them. Multiple methods were suggested to deal with Hitler and his forces.
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Environment and Society” (RCC) was founded. It is a non-profit institution. It is based in Munich‚ Germany‚ but staff there comes from all around the world. The people who go there want to advance discussion and research concerning the interrelationships between nature and humans. Some of their programs at RCC include “a writing fellowship program‚ A doctoral program in ‘Environment and Society’ at LMU Munich‚ and The Environment & Society Portal‚ an open-access digital resource.” People have became
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and France came to see that the terms of the Treaty of Versailles had placed restrictions on Germany that were unfair. Hitler’s actions were seen as understandable and justifiable. The most notable example of appeasement was the Munich Agreement of September 1938. The Munich Agreement‚ signed by the leaders of Germany‚ Britain‚ France and Italy‚ agreed that the Sudetenland would be returned to Germany and that no further territorial claims would be made by Germany. The Czech government was not invited
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Class‚ in December 1914‚ and the Iron Cross‚ First-class‚ in August 1918. However‚ he never rises beyond the rank of corporal. By the end of the war he has developed shell-shock and is admitted to military hospital. After the war‚ Hitler returns to Munich and begins to become involved in politics. He believes that Jews and Marxists are responsible for Germany’s defeat. 1919 - He joins the German Workers’ Party in September. A gifted and inspiring public speaker‚ he is soon placed in charge of the
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member of the UN Security Council and close friend of Kofi Anan‚ she is very busy and always travelling‚ so the chance to see her is quite rare. It was two years ago‚ that Jane Goodall came to the German JG-Institute in Munich to give a lecture‚ and so I took a flight to Munich to see her. She did not look like what I had expected a popular world-renowned scientist would look like. In spite of having been born in Britain in April 1934‚ she had nothing of a typical British behaviour about her. She
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negotiation that Chamberlain was travelling to Germany for in 1938‚ was the Munich Agreement‚ people had very high hopes for. This was because Hitler promised that if he had part of Czechoslovakia‚ he would be satisfied and would not start a war which is why it was so important that Chamberlain and the other 3 leaders (apart from Czechoslovakian prime minister) present that they had to negotiate and agree on terms to this “Munich Agreement.” “Still Hope‚” could also be interpreted to show that Hitler
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Culture and Eastern Religions‚ and Sanskrit researcher‚ Christoph’s father disapproved of Hitler and his actions yet chose to distance himself from politics. Rather‚ as an aesthete‚ Hermann Probst associated himself with the intellects and artists of Munich‚ including Paul Klee and Emil Nolde‚ both of whom were eventually banned from Germany (Dumbach 69). Hermann engaged his young son in “profound spiritual-intellectual conversations” which “gave [Christoph’s] natural curiosity ever new sustenance”
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(a) Study Source 1. How useful is it as evidence for an historian studying the outbreak of the Kapp Putsch of 1920? [13] This is a primary source so it can be a useful piece of evidence for a historian studying the outbreak of the Kapp putsch. This is a primary source because it is an extract from the proclamation‚ (The Cabinet issued this proclamation calling on Germany’s workers to defeat the putsch by means of a general strike.) This was written for public consumption and the author’s reputation
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the Austrian draft by sneaking past the German border to Munich but was arrested and turned over to the Austrian Police. (Terrence Ball/Richard Dagger 2011) He returned to Munich after the start of World War I and volunteered for the German army. (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ 2004) During the war he won many awards and was proud of his war experience. (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ 2004) After World War I‚ Hitler returned to Munich and continued to work for the military as an intelligence
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