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    Auschwitz camps. Before the death march‚ thousands of people were killed in the camps and also during the death march itself. The death marching consisted of a 30 mile walk to Gleiwitz and 35 miles to Wodzislaw which was in the western part of Upper Silesia. The SS guards shot anyone who fell and could no longer walk. Because of harsh weather conditions‚ the prisoners died from the severe cold‚ hunger‚ and exposure. Close to 15‚000 people died during the evacuation marches from Auschwitz camps and their

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    The plan was to cleanse the Upper Silesia‚ parts of the Polish territory ruled by Germany‚ together with Jews from Germany and Czechoslovakia. Then they have planned to move on to territories of France‚ Belgium and Holland. The method that was chosen by Nazis to kill Jews was gassing. Shooting

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    that change color in the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet rays are present in sunlight and light from various artificial sources‚ and can cause sunburn or skin cancer. Johann Wilhelm Ritter was born in 16 December 1776 in Samitz (then Silesia‚ Germany‚ now Chojnow‚ Poland). In 1802–1803 he built the first dry cell battery and accumulator. In 1801 Ritter discovered ultraviolet radiation by chemical means. The near ultraviolet‚ abbreviated NUV is the light closest to optical or visible

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    unfit for bathing on drinking but even for washing or cooling systems in factories. Moreover still it seems that the greatest environmental problem in Poland is the pollution of the atmosphere. Heavy smog which hangs over such industrial areas as Silesia‚Łódź or Cracow is a result of an foreseeing communist policy which totally disregarded ecology. Next when we go for a walk through the streets of a big city we notice at once how dirty they are. Litter ‚scarps of paper ‚cans ‚bottles and plastic containers

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    The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 by Hermann Müller and Johannes Bell after being written by the leaders of the Allied nations in the aftermath of the First World War. They needed a country on which to pin the blame for the war; a country which would need to accept its defeat by the Allied powers during the war and pay for reparations. The terms of the treaty affected Germany in many ways. For example‚ article 231 of the Treaty stated that Germany would be made responsible for all

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    Subconscious Thoughts;How dreams tie into PerfumeWorld Literature AssignmentJake Callizo00782 Ms. PereiraModesto High School Modesto‚ California‚ USAMay 25‚2012 | In Perfume: a story of Murder written by Patrick Suskind‚ the main character Grenouille is an extremely mental and obscure man. His extraordinary sense of smell leads him to be a bizarre and peculiar person. The subconscious thoughts and dreams Grenouille conjures immensely help the plot develop; it adds another side of the novel. Thriving

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    successful result‚ as the nations in the dispute accepted the League’s authority to make final decisions over the matter. In addition to this‚ the League of Nations showed it could compromise in difficult circumstances‚ for example in the case of Upper Silesia‚ an area that

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    aims were not to be achieved until much later‚ as ultimately the revolution failed‚ but what did they manage to achieve‚ and why did the revolution fail? Across the German states active revolution was fairly minor‚ isolated to Berlin‚ Rhineland‚ Silesia‚ Baden and some small peasant uprisings in the south-west. The Prussian army was able to sweep through the northern areas and quickly silenced all opposition; King Frederick-William also declared martial law and dissolved the Prussian Parliament.

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    The Seven Years ’ War The first true World War. …Cause and effects! Jeff Brown The History of Western Civilization II Professor Zarrillo What would the state of the free world be today if the alliance of the war of the Austrian Succession had not reversed in the Seven Years ’ War? Would we speak French‚ still be "New England"‚ or perhaps New Spain? The fact is that while we may not know for certain that today

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