snowboarding. Writing this essay helped me to realize that I haven’t chosen this hobby by a coincidence. Both of the characteristics of this sport changed the world history. Events like the French revolution of 1789 or the uprising in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw in 1943‚ would not have happened if people hadn’t had courage and belief in freedom. Courage. Many people who know me well say‚ that I have courage. I come from a family of entrepreneurs. I was raised in this spirit by my entrepreneurial
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In 2012‚ Jan Karski was honored by President Obama and given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is very deserving of this award and his experiences in his novel‚ Story of a Secret State: My Report to the Word prove his contribution to the national security of the United States. His intentions at the time may have been to get the attention of Roosevelt or Churchill‚ alerting them of the horrors of the war‚ but his memoir sparked an interest worldwide and his honest brutality is what keeps our interest
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warsaw ghetto‚ and her eventual deportation to‚ imprisonment in‚ and survival of the Majdanek‚ Auschwitz‚ Ravensbruck‚ and Neustadt-Glewe camps. In the beginning of the book Halina lives in a suburb of Warsaw‚ still very young‚ she doesn’t understand the intensity of the situations to come. In 1940 a tall wall was built to seperate the Jewish Ghetto from the Aryan side of the city. Emplayed Jews recieved special work permits‚ which later on became the only way to secure one’s life.The Ghetto streets
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All through history‚ many people have widely impacted all of mankind. Although there are many events and people that have changed the world‚ there are few that have stood for what they believe. These people have put themselves last‚ in which they have more concern for what is going on outside of their lives and in reality. In spite of all their problems‚ Dorothea Dix‚ Irena Sendler‚ and Thurgood Marshall always helped people no matter their age‚ race‚ or gender. Dorthea Dix’s early life‚ humanitarian
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remained positive to the most extent‚ for better and worse. In Milkweed‚ Jerry Spinelli crafts characters who turn the cruelty of the Warsaw Ghetto into hope and happyness. The hope of others could give hope to many and be a reason to live for some. Misha‚ an orphaned boy who has been adopted by a family‚ encounters a Jewish holiday‚ but since in the Ghetto there is so little‚ they are forced to make due with what they have. The father says “We ourselves will be the candle flames.”(161). This makes
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was as good as a rich doctor’s was. I was healthy‚ well taken care of‚ and had a loving father and mother. I couldn’t ask for anything more. That was until one day when my life changed‚ and I got cooped up with a bunch of random people taken to the Ghetto. Did I have any idea what was going on at the time? Of course not. Let me tell you this‚ about a year later… I could tell you anything you wanted to know. The man Himself‚ thinking more than half of us wouldn’t make it‚ He chose me‚ to have the faith
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The Gray Zone by Primo Levi In the chapter‚ the gray zone‚ the author Primo Levi describes the human relationships inside the Lager. In describing the gray zone‚ Levi discusses the different roles of prisoners assigned by the Nazi. The prisoners that did the work were seen as being more privileged which at the end of the day helped them get more food and live better. Therefore‚ the concept of the gray zone is analyzing the difference between the privileged and the non-privileged in the Lager.
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On February 15‚ 1910‚ a future nurse‚ and savior was born. Obviously‚ no one knew this‚ but Irena Krzyżanowska saved over 2‚500 Jewish children and babies. Irena was supported and inspired by many people‚ but her father inspired her most of all. During her childhood‚ “She was greatly influenced by his selfless service to the patients‚ most of whom were Jewish and poor...” (thefamouspeople.com) Her father was a physician‚ who helped people that others refused to treat for fear of catching a disease
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Decentralisation is the process in which the population‚ retail and industry moves from urban CBD’s to the outer city. An out of town shopping centre is a group of shops and facilities that are located away from a town’s CBD. This movement will have positive and negative impacts on both the urban area and the outer city‚ where the out of town centres are built. The decentralisation of retailing and other services is happening because In order to sell goods‚ shops need to be located where people can
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Measuring the Ecology of Urban Green Space in the Context of Human Health and Well-Being Anna Jorgensen and Paul H. Gobster ABSTRACT In this paper we review and analyze the recent research literature on urban green space and human health and well-being‚ with an emphasis on studies that attempt to measure biodiversity and other green space concepts relevant to urban ecological restoration. We first conduct a broad scale assessment of the literature to identify typologies of urban green space and human
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