part of Poland and mainly consisted almost all of the province of Lodz and some of the province of Warsaw. This area inhabited more than 4‚546‚000 people (including 450‚000 Jews). Along with about 1‚000 Jews being exterminated daily ‚ nearly 5‚000 Gypsies‚ as well as thousands of Poles and Russian prisoners were murdered at this camp. Mainly the Jews were transported by trains‚ but sometimes they were delivered by cars‚ but that was very rare. Not only were the Jews transported from Poland‚ there
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government was eradicated and a democratically elected government was formed. In 2006‚ Chile got its first women President– Michelle Bachelet Democracy in Poland Poland was under the United Workers Party in the 1980s. No other party was allowed to take part in the political process of the country. The state of employment was bad in Poland. The workers could not form their independent trade unions. A strike was organised by the workers of the Lenin shipyard on 14th August 1980 in Gdansk. It
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Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for 27 years and during that time he led and inspired many people. St. John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla in Poland on May 18‚ 1920 (“John Paul II: The Millennial Pope‚” 2014). In 1938‚ he found his calling to the church but was unable to pursue his dream because World War II started (“John Paul II Biography‚” 2014). Poland was taken over by Germany under communist rule. Communism
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Superpower Relations 1943-1991 The Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance The Breakdown of the wartime alliance Although allies‚ cracks were already appearing in the Soviet-American alliance by 1945. Stalin was particularly suspicious of Britain’s policy before the war of appeasement‚ which he thought aimed secretly to encourage Hitler to attack Russia. He was also unhappy with the US/British failure to open up
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and humiliating to Germany and the German people. He didn’t agree with the limitations to the military nor the demilitarised of the Rhineland. In addition the treaty forbade Anschluss and forced Germans to live in Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) and Poland (including Danzig) by removing former German territory. 2. Expand German territory: He wanted Austria to join with Germany in order to get extra lebensraum [living space] for the German people. 3. Defeat Communism: He believed that Bolsheviks helped
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world. Some of these agreements are as countries were liberated by the allies they would be allowed to hold free elections to choose their government. They also agreed that the USSR would help the USA defeat Japan.The only major disagreement was about Poland.
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effects. The publics opinion of this was of a great Anglo-American- Soviet friendship. The agreement that as achieved at the conference was that a Coalition government would be set up in Poland. This guaranteed free election in Poland. It also gave eastern Poland to the Soviet Union and in return‚ Poland would receive land from Germany. Germany on the other hand was divided into four zones which were Great Britain‚ United States‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union. Germany had to pay all reparations
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her family. Times were tough living in the Russian parition of Poland‚ and her family suffered many financial hardships. She attended school and graduated as Valedictorian‚ but all the years of stress lead up to a sort of breakdown‚ and she had to spend some time away from home with her uncle until she felt less depressed. Soon‚ she was ready for higher education. However‚ being a woman‚ Marie could not get higher education in Poland. This is when she began attending the Flying University‚ a secret
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of Eastern Europe‚ however Stalin feared this would lead to traditional anti-Soviet attitudes if they were allowed free elections and he therefore was against the plans of the West. The Red Army proceeded to install pro-Soviet governing regimes in Poland‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ and Hungary. The civil war in Greece between the Communist People’s Liberation Army and the anti-Communist forces over control of Greece led to the creation of the Truman Doctrine. It stated that if the Soviets were not stopped
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Student Name: Patrick Bauer Interviewee Name: Jeremy Quibs How do you know the interviewee? Great Uncle What inspired you to become a U.S. citizen? I was a political refugee from Poland. Life was hard where I came from and I wanted to live the American life. I always heard of stories of how good life is in America and I wanted to and live there. What steps did you have to take as part of the naturalization process? In order to be naturalized into becoming a U.S. citizen‚ I had to first
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