The Solidarity movement in Poland was one of the most dramatic developments in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. It was not a movement that began in 1980‚ but rather a continuation of a working class and Polish intelligentsia movement that began in 1956‚ and continued in two other risings‚ in 1970 and 1976. The most significant of these risings began in the shipyards of the ’Triple City’‚ Gdansk‚ Sopot and Gdynia in 1970. The first and by far the most violent and bloody of the workers revolts came
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The Hippy Subculture “The hippies—the rebels and dropouts of the Haight-Ashbury community of San Francisco—generated one of the most influential of history’s dress reform movements. Their style was so outrageous and anomalous that it alone could have made the hippie movement impossible to ignore” (Lobenthal) They wanted to show rejection of their parents’ lifestyles and morals and used their clothing as a way to rebel (Baughman) and also “wanted clothes that reflected their values and adopted
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Introduction of Poland Poland officially known as Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska) is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine‚ Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast‚ a Russian exclave‚ to the north. The total area of Poland is 312‚679 square kilometers (120‚726 sq mi)‚ making it the 69th largest country in the world and 9th in Europe. Poland has a population of over
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The Invasion of Poland (1939): • Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. • Many German-speaking people lived in areas that were now part of Poland. • Germany viewed Poles as subhuman and wanted their land for lebensraum. • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured Russia would not stop Germany’s invasion of Poland. • Hitler thought Britain and France would not keep their promise to defend Poland. • On 1 September 1939 Hitler ordered the German army to invaded Poland. • Britain and
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network |Part 1 | | | |The Polish State Emerges | |10th-12th
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Greek Refugees in Poland The 2011 census in Poland showed that only 0.15 % of the country’s 39 million people are foreigners; 1‚5% are representants of other nationalities but holding a Polish passport (www.stat.gov.pl). Polish people constituted 65% of the population of the country before World War II. This situation changed dramatically after WW II. Firstly‚ as a result of the war‚ Poland lost its Jewish population (before the war: 10%); under the terms of the Congress in Potsdam‚ 2.5 million
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! HANNA SCOTT CORRIE ! DEATH OF COOL ! DIGITAL SUBCULTURE PAPER: NORMCORE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Hanna Corrie Death of Cool Jessica Glasscock March 12‚ 2014 ! ! Normcore: Satorial Tofu for Western Millennials and Digital Natives ! ! Normcore. A subculture based on conscious‚ artificial adoption of things that are in wide spread use‚ a self aware stylized blandness‚ which deliberately embraces sameness as a way of being cool. It’s “normal” but hardcore. Originally outlined in October
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in the future. I love to learn about my own family history and for the two trips im going to go on are going to be from my maternal and paternal sides of the family. First my maternal side of the family is from Poland and I will plan a ten-day trip to the many various places to see in Poland. I also have family still there and would plan a side trip one of my days to go visit them. My paternal side of the family s Irish and I will visit Ireland. I will start my travel of a lifetime on July 1st in
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SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience of the subculture of the mob. THESIS STATEMENT: I stand before you today to not only explain to you how the mob profits‚ but the men that knew how to work this system to its potential‚ and the impact of the mob today. The Mob INTRODUCTION I. “God seemed to be having a hard time killing him‚ and he’d be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals.” – Mario Puzo on Don Corleone in ‘The Godfather saga’. II. I stand before you today to
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In November of 1943 a young German girl name Elizabeth moves to Northern Poland after her father is put in charge of a concentration camp. The first night in Poland a huge ball is held honoring him. It is at this party that her father introduces her to a young soldier nicknamed Spike. While Elizabeth and Spike are dancing he tell Elizabeth that just days ago he smashed a Jew baby head in with his boot. Elizabeth is repulsed and punches Spike in the face. Elizabeth father punishes her by making her
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