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- from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland—"Ashkenaz ... largely eastward, forming communities in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- ) (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin ... clients in 50 countries with a workforce of over 130,000 people. It has ...15 KB (2,077 words) - 16:53, 10 February 2024
- who wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites. He was ... Robert Michels was born on January 9, 1876, in Cologne, Germany, into ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- Chim (pronounced shim) was the pseudonym of David Seymour (November ... A founding member of Magnum Photos, together with Robert Capa and ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- 1943) was an American economist, a pioneer of Christian socialism in America ... Richard Theodore Ely was born in Ripley, New York, as the eldest of ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- | location = Brühl, Germany | deathdate = 1976|4|1|1891|4|2 ... graphic artist, and poet, considered one of the chief representatives of ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- #039;s education, particularly the invention of the kindergarten system for ... near Rudolstadt in Thuringia (now Germany), the fifth of six children ...15 KB (2,345 words) - 06:41, 15 April 2024
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- occurred in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty from November ... and China was defeated by Britain. In view of the weakness of the Qing government ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military ... mean that the captain is suspected of wrongdoing, but merely that ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... the conditions for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- in the "National System" type of capitalism. Although greatly ... List was born in Reutlingen, Württemberg, Germany in 1789. Unwilling ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (January 30, 1894 – August 28, 1943 ... under Soviet control after the collapse of Nazi Germany. The political ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- , located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most prestigious universities ... Today Keio Gijuku Daigaku includes undergraduate faculties of Business ...12 KB (1,563 words) - 17:19, 5 October 2022
- with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 C.E. At the request ... Recently, the historicity of Ursula's story has come under serious ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer), an iconic symbol of the ... Conceived by the East German administration of Walter Ulbricht and ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter ... violin, and at age eight, he was given a box of chalk from his grandmother ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- ) was a pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10, 1938. On a single ... on Jewish people and their property in Germany and German-controlled lands ...26 KB (3,708 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin ... with differing objectives, the main outcome of the Tehran Conference was the ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- Hindemith helped to create a new conception of tonality with the 12-tone scale ... Born in Hanau, Germany, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- Health insurance is a type of insurance that covers costs incurred ... There are many types of health insurance plans. Some are high-deductible ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 09:24, 20 January 2024
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony ... royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who furnished the city ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- ) was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of ... The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo, convicted ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- system known as Civil law. For the area of law in common law countries ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- name=Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg| native_name=Albert-Ludwigs ... Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universität ...21 KB (2,957 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of ... ==Frontiers of Hungary== The Hungarian government terminated the personal ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 14:59, 2 May 2023
- He led France during World War I and was one of the major voices behind the ... Clemenceau, however, secured France's trusteeship of Syria and ...28 KB (4,425 words) - 22:45, 28 November 2022
- in the American Civil Liberties Union, of which he was a founding member ... Hays was born in Rochester, New York. His father and mother, both ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 ... van der Rohe from 1930 to 1933). The changes of venue and leadership resulted ...21 KB (3,071 words) - 03:07, 26 September 2023
- and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered as ... administrative systems. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he argued for Catholic ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- by the sun and generally provide a means of cultivating young, tender, ... The development of greenhouses involves the creation of a management ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 19:14, 28 November 2021
- Allies. The three major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- who gained his position in the history of Western philosophy by opening ... Fichte must be credited with reintroducing the idea of a direct contact ...16 KB (2,518 words) - 14:42, 1 August 2022
- in the twentieth century. When one side of a conflict participates in ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- Cellulose acetate is a chemically modified form of cellulose. In chemical ... was probably a factor in their choice of careers. Basel was a center ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- and Kurt Koffka, in the development of Gestalt psychology. Wertheimer ... Köhler gained fame with The Mentality of Apes, in which he argued ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- Luksemburg) was a Polish revolutionary of Jewish ancestry. She rose up ... and revolutionary. She was a theorist of the Social Democratic Party ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- East Germany (in German Ostdeutschland) was the common English name ... With an area of 40,919 square miles (105,980 square kilometers), or ...42 KB (6,175 words) - 17:37, 12 February 2024
- celebrity, due to the emerging role of mass media in the lives of ... The trajectory of his life would take Lindbergh from the Herculean ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- than sugar, making it the least potent of the commercially available ... its aftertaste is generally less than that of saccharin or acesulfame potassium ...7 KB (974 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- Cologne (Köln in German) is Germany's fourth-largest city after ... Cologne also became an important center of medieval pilgrimage. Three ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- England. He left school at the age of 16 to become a free-lance journalist ... they would publish answers on every question of general interest sent in by ...9 KB (1,294 words) - 07:18, 20 July 2023
- :"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...27 KB (4,082 words) - 20:00, 8 December 2022
- The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ... the military services, and the United States government (especially the ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- to magnify the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum experiments to the ... and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminum and fluorine, with the chemical ... "to seek," which was the name of an island in the Red Sea that ...5 KB (639 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the ... Wigner is important for having laid the foundation for the theory ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- Bowling has been popular for hundreds of years, with different variations ... There are many different forms of the game in various parts of the ...13 KB (2,040 words) - 20:02, 20 November 2023
- February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... His family emigrated to the United States when he was twelve years ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- The rights of the accused is a class of rights that apply to a person ... Promotion of the rights of the accused sometimes comes into conflict ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 01:39, 15 December 2022
- Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a form of transportation ... operating segment) demonstration line of Shanghai, China, that transports ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
- is considered to have been the best backhand of all time. Budge was held in ... From January of 1937 until late in 1938, Budge won an amazing 92 consecutive ...15 KB (2,399 words) - 17:17, 30 January 2024
- right|thumb|Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.]] in large cities due to the rapid influx of large numbers of people, Howard ...10 KB (1,579 words) - 17:59, 12 February 2024
- The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- that first aired in 1980. The purpose of the network is to make information ... and Reese Schonfeld. The founding purpose of the network was to make information ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 10:13, 25 November 2023
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named ... by the Nazis to stigmatize Jews), the Star of David continues to be a heroic ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... engineers from the mid-western United States to distinguish electronic ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- has such standing. There are also a variety of ways such endorsement occurs ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- Sphalerite is a mineral that consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline ... Significant quantities of this mineral have been found in many parts ...5 KB (693 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete ... Degenerate Art was also the title of an exhibition, mounted by the ...20 KB (2,833 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate ... many practical applications and for works of art. In particular, it is used ...8 KB (1,054 words) - 21:52, 28 July 2023
- or local government agencies as part of public education, are the most ... or lack thereof, prior to the establishment of public schools impacts their ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- The Monroe Doctrine is a United States doctrine which, on December ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- but it is frequently tinted by the presence of impurities. Possible colors ... meters in width. This mineral has a hardness of 7.5-8, and its specific gravity ...5 KB (674 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- At the Fifteenth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet ... To oversee the radical transformation of the Soviet Union, the party ...33 KB (4,974 words) - 12:47, 1 February 2024
- advances and attention to principles of composition and design were ... and played a singular role in the emergence of modernism in the visual arts ...14 KB (2,015 words) - 18:19, 20 July 2023
- major magazine, during the "Golden Age of Photojournalism," she ... whether that required sitting on top of a gargoyle on the Chrysler ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- 21, 1959) was a famous American boxer of the 1930s, onetime Heavyweight ... Baer turned pro in 1929 and won 22 of his first 24 fights, nine with ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 00:53, 9 November 2022
- pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, ... Nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms!) the title of the Baroness' famous 1889 ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 07:20, 20 July 2023
- , based on a strict deconstruction of the term, refers to what people ... took common sense as the source and ground of justification for philosophical ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- British newspaper proprietor, owner of Associated Newspapers and the ... Harold Sidney Harmsworth, the son of an indigent English barrister ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- | location = Berlin, Germany | deathdate = September 8, 2003 ... | deathplace = Pöcking, Germany | othername = | yearsactive = ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- Lidice is a small village that lies in the rolling hills of Bohemia ... During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was occupied by the forces ...12 KB (1,879 words) - 22:48, 25 October 2022
- and housing reform, and advocated on behalf of women’s suffrage, world peace ... middle-class family. She was the third of four children born to parents ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- method and its application to the study of human nature. Thus, he supported ... Hall was the first president of the American Psychological Association ...14 KB (1,985 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- to the preservation, education, and study of computers. Computer museums ... Some computer museums are part of science museums, while some are ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 02:34, 8 January 2024
- right| Hershey, Pennsylvania, named in honor of Milton Hershey and his Hershey ... Hershey Chocolate Company, which became one of the largest and most famous ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 11:05, 10 March 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State Parties (countries ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- a German philosopher and the founding father of the Vienna Circle; he was also ... As the founder and leader of the Vienna Circle—arguably the most ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 21:22, 9 November 2022
- shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through ... This rock is useful for a variety of practical applications. For instance ...5 KB (686 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- – October 5, 1880), composer and cellist of the Romantic era, was one of ... the French musical community. Near the end of his life, he wrote one serious ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- also with arms in hand, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie ... The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International ...35 KB (4,964 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- against religious sites, and the seizure of church property. mere secularism or the French tradition of laïcité, which advocates ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation." ... + genus "kind") is the mixing of different races, especially ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... in several European nations and the United States, in cultural expressions ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ... single-sex education is undergoing a rebirth of popularity. ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- World Tomorrow and was an associate editor of The Nation. He also participated ... that he attested to. He was a stalwart of socialism who opposed communism ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of ... and where the first scientific research of a karst topography was made ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
