equal rights for women is often thought to have begun‚ in the English-speaking world‚ with the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). During the 19th century‚ as male suffrage was gradually extended in many countries‚ women became increasingly active in the quest for their own suffrage. Not until 1893‚ however‚ in New Zealand‚ did women achieve suffrage on the national level. Australia followed in 1902‚ but American‚ British‚ and Canadian women did not win the
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The Stasi The Stasi were the primary intelligence and security agency of East Germany also known as The German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the cold war. They had a large amount of informants‚ agents and military trained police. They focused on espionage and political security. In its 39 years at least 1/3 of the East German population came under Stasi surveillance‚ arrest‚ detention‚ or torture. The East German government‚ with the assistance of the Soviet intelligence community‚ established
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War‚ at the time known as the ‘war to end all wars’‚ owes much of its horror and length to the slow and laborious aspect of the offensive during it‚ which makes it difficult to understand the precise reason for it finishing in an allied victory in 1918 and not in any of the previous years. Any number of events could have brought about the end of the war or the capitulation of one of the main protagonists‚ such as the Battle of the Somme‚ Verdun or even as early as the Battle of the Marne‚ but none
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Upon the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany‚ gay men and‚ to a lesser extent‚ lesbians‚ were two of the numerous groups targeted by the Nazis‚ and ultimately became some of the millions victimized by the Holocaust. Since the development of the Gestapo in 1933‚ gay organizations were banned‚ any books about homosexuality (or sexuality in general) were burned‚ and homosexuals within the Nazi Party itself were murdered. In late February 1933‚ the Nazi Party launched its purge through
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Political opposition was oppressed in Nazi Germany‚ as the Nazi party was the only legal party. Night of the long knives is an example of ultra-nationalism as it was a great purge claiming the lives of many people that may have opposed Hitler‚ or that Hitler feared had the power to remove him as Further. Censorship is needed in ultranationalism‚ as a government needs total control in order to be in complete power. In Nazi Germany the aim of censorship was simple: to reinforce Nazi power
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information than ever before is being shared around the world. Teaching and learning methods‚ as well as the qualities of competencies‚ can be more easily evaluated and compared. This process has led the European Union and its individual countries‚ such as Germany‚ to look more closely at their education successes and failures. One of the hopes for Europe is to integrate its countries closer together in order to stabilise the region and secure a long lasting peace. The learning of the European languages by
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Western world for decades and centuries to come. While The Enlightenment didn’t help produce a revolutionary outcome such as in France‚ Prussia and German states still experienced a fair share of intellectual development during this time. Since Germany was divided into a multitude of smaller states‚ with different languages and influences‚ The Enlightenment didn’t have a full blown effect. Moreover‚ the combination of popular discontent with the Church and a fury of dissatisfaction among the nobility
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The foundation of the Irish Free State from 1918-1922 occurred during the same period where many other European countries were trying to gain freedom. Whilst Ireland was had different ways of gaining independence‚ the country’s course was similar to other countries fights for freedom. The Irish State had their own reasons for wanting their independence‚ however these reasons mimicked many other countries during the period‚ both in and out of the British Empire. The events that happened in Ireland
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the negative impact it had upon Germany‚ the foreign policy of Adolf Hitler and what did the other countries do to stop Hitler’s actions. The treaty of Versailles was a very important factor for the break out of war. The treaty took away land from Germany and gave it to Poland‚ France and Britain. This land included the colonies that Germany had in Africa that was given to France and Britain. It made Germany pay huge reparations that left them in a crisis‚ and Germany was already in a crisis due to
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The books burning in Germany‚ is very disappointing. Heinrich Heine predicted this to happen. They all thought it was a threat to their society. Some books like How to kill a mockingbird‚ Diary of Anne Frank and others. After all the Nazi’s all thought it was a crime to their government. With all the books‚ being destroyed led the German’s to burn these books to have a mental pain to all them as people. The books are very equally right to people and what they read as people. In the Guardian
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