During World War II‚ the greatest art thief in history to occur; Nazi’s looted 650‚000 works‚ worth billions‚ from Europe. About 2 years ago in November‚ German authorities found 1‚280 paintings‚ drawings‚ and prints in the Munich apartment of a haunted white haired recluse. The found paintings‚ drawings and prints are said to be worth more than a billion dollars. September 2010‚ Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt was traveling on the train from Zurich to Munich for business at an art gallery. Gurlitt
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1945‚ the year Anne Applebaum‚ the author of the Iron Curtain‚ dubbed zero hour‚ the Soviet Union sought to establish anti-fascist democratic governments in these countries. As the years progressed‚ this process evolved into full-fledged Sovietization‚ the transformation of a society based on the Soviet Union model that focused on the advancement of working and peasant classes. Historians disagree on whether the Soviet Union knew what it what it wanted all along or whether outside factors influenced
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The fall of the Soviet Union resulted in a major collapse of many countries. Bulgaria and Romania were two countries that had ties and many distinctions. They both consisted of a strong‚ violent communist leader that resulted the demolishment of communism at the end. Each of these leaders was cruel and harsh on the people of their country. Injustice played a big role between the two countries that led to war and inhumane actions. Ethnical and race feuds became an eye opening event for the citizens
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03/11/2017 The Nazi Olympics was held in 1936 in Berlin‚ Nazi Germany. Berlin won the right to host the Summer Olympics over Barcelona on 26 April 1931. Two years later‚ Adolf Hitler the Nazi party leader turned Germany’s democracy into a one-party dictatorship that persecuted Jews‚ Gypsies and all political opponents. Adolf Hitler saw the olympics as an opportunity to promote his government and used it for propaganda purposes. While trying to camouflage its violent racist policies and targeting
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When I read Animal Farm‚ I realized that it’s not the type of book that I would typically read although I do like historical novels. Animal Farm portrays dictatorship in Soviet Russia. In that way‚ Animal Farm is a great learning resource. I would have preferred it if the novel’s characters were human beings instead of animals. Also‚ I found it a bit challenging for me to read old English and having to stop and look for words meanings. Additionally‚ I thought that the writing style of Animal Farm
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the Soviet Union‚ the two Cold War rivals during the 20th century regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. It began in 1955 when both countries announced that they would soon be launching satellites into orbit. The Soviets took the US announcement as a challenge and even established a commission whose goal was to beat the US in putting a satellite into space. The Space Race can trace its origins to Germany‚ beginning in the 1930s and continuing during World War II when Nazi Germany
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The Role of Women in Nazi Germany Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very specific role. Hitler was very clear about this. This role was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Outside of certain specialist fields‚ Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Education taught girls from the earliest of years that this was the lifestyle they should have. From their earliest years‚ girls were taught in their schools that all good German women
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Thus‚ it was the U.S. that was the most critical influence in the creation of eugenics policies in Nazi Germany. Equally contextually important as the global history of the eugenics movement‚ was the unstable political environment of Germany at the time. With the end of World War I in 1918‚ Germany was left in relative disarray. Under the terms
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economic philosophy. In a communist economy‚ the government owns most of the firms‚ subsequently controlling production and allocation of resources. One of the most well-known and well-documented cases of a communist government took place in the Soviet Union‚ beginning in 1917 and eventually falling in 1992. Idealistically‚ communism eliminates social classism and provides equal work for all in a particular society. The government appoints a central planning board to “determine production goals
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The United State and The Soviet Union‚ one represents capitalism‚ the other one represents socialism both benefited from the result of World War II and became two of the most powerful country in the world. Because of the relationship between capitalism and socialism was a teeter-totter‚ one rises‚ the other one must falls‚ The United State was already has more wealth‚ power and influence than the Soviet Union‚ and in order to maintain its status quo‚ the United States must fought the Cold war to
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