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Germans: Encyclopedia II - Germans - History

The Germans are a Germanic people. Ethnographers hypothesize that all Germanic speakers originally came from Scandinavia, which includes Jutland and the southwest shores of the Baltic Sea, before the Migrations Period. Prior to that time, their Indo-European ancestors may have migrated slowly from the Black Sea region and arrived in southern Scandinavia. Assimilation with other peoples is postulated, both with the prior inhabitants of Scandinavia and with peoples encountered on their way from Asia. Celtic peoples were then either assimilated, exterminated, or driven out during the expansion southwards from the Baltic. See also:

Germans, Germans - History, Germans - Background, Germans - Ethnic nationalism, Germans - The Divided Germany, Germans - Religion, Germans - Minorities, Germans - Conclusion, Germans - Reference

Germans: Encyclopedia II - Organised persecution of ethnic Germans - Specific Locales

Organised persecution of ethnic Germans - Australia. Persecution of ethnic Germans was much the same in Australia as it was in the United States during World War I. Many were interned for the duration of the war and others faced hostility from their fellow citizens. To avoid persecution, many Germans changed their names into anglicised or Francophone variants. Organised persecution of ethnic Germans - Germany. The book Other Losses by James Bacque (ISBN 1551681919) alleg ...

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1989 - Templeton Prize

1989 - Right Livelihood Award

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Germans: Encyclopedia - Warmia

Warmia (Polish: Warmia, German: Ermland, Latin: Varmia, also historically known as Ermeland) is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in northeastern Poland. Together with Masuria it forms the Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodship. To the west of Warmia is Pomesania, to the south Chełmno Land, Sassinia and Galindia (later called Masuria) and to the east Sambia. In the north it borders the Vistula Bay. Because it is located in a border area ...

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Warmia - History

Warmia - Major towns

Warmia - Famous Warmians

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Germans: Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. In the three years of its existence, starvation, disease and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps dropped the population of the ghetto from an estimated 450,000 to 37,000. The Warsaw Ghetto was the scene of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, one of the first mass uprisings against Nazi occupation in Europe. Warsaw Ghetto - Formation of the Ghetto. Pl ...

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Warsaw Ghetto - Formation of the Ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto - Destruction of the Ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the destruction of the Ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto - Social and cultural life in the ghetto

Warsaw Ghetto - Commemoration

Warsaw Ghetto - Famous Ghetto prisoners

Germans: Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, sometimes called the Warsaw Uprising 1943, was a Jewish insurrection in Poland's Warsaw Ghetto against Nazi Germany during World War II. The main resistance lasted from April 19, 1943 to May 16 that year and was finally crushed by SS-Gruppenführer (then Brigadeführer) Jürgen Stroop. The significant precursor to the main uprising was an armed civilian action launched against the Germans on January 18, 1943. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is not to be confused with the Warsaw Uprising whic ...

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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Background

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - The fight

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Aftermath and Death Toll

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Relation to 1944 Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - In Israel

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Further information

Germans: Encyclopedia - Achill Island

Achill Island (Irish; Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest island off Ireland, and is situated off the west coast. It has a population of 2700. Its area is 57 square miles (146 square kilometres). Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge, between the villages of Achill Sound and Polranny, so it is possible to drive onto the island. This is a swing bridge which allows the passage of small boats. A bridge was first completed here in 1886, and replaced by the current structure after World War II. ...

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Achill Island - History

Achill Island - Sights

Achill Island - Economy

Achill Island - Architecture

Achill Island - Famous people

Germans: Encyclopedia - 1941

1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1941 - Events. 1941 - January-February. January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea. January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. J ...

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1941 - Events

1941 - January-February

1941 - September-October

1941 - November

1941 - December

1941 - Unknown dates

1941 - Ongoing events

1941 - August-September

1941 - October-November

1941 - September-October

1941 - November-December

1941 - Fiction

1941 - Nobel Prizes

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Germans: Encyclopedia - École Polytechnique

The École polytechnique (the "Polytechnic School"), often nicknamed X, is the foremost of the French Grandes écoles of engineering. Initially located in the Quartier Latin in central Paris, it was moved to the suburb Palaiseau in 1976. Its motto is Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire—"For the Nation, Sciences and Glory." Traditionally, a favored goal of the polythecniciens was to join the elite government bodies known as the grands corps techniques de l'État (X-Mines, ...

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École Polytechnique - Status

École Polytechnique - Activities

École Polytechnique - The Polytechnicien studies

École Polytechnique - Introduction

École Polytechnique - Admission

École Polytechnique - Curriculum

École Polytechnique - Ranking

École Polytechnique - Tuition and financial obligations

École Polytechnique - The Graduate School

École Polytechnique - History

École Polytechnique - Alumni

Germans: Encyclopedia - Dutch East India Company

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") was established on March 20, 1602, when the Estates-General of the Netherlands granted it a monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and it was the first company to issue stocks. The VOC consisted of 6 Cham ...

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Dutch East India Company - VOC ships

Germans: Encyclopedia - Validity of human races

The validity of human races is a subject of much debate. The American Anthropological Association, drawing on biological research, states that "The concept of race is a social and cultural construction. . . . Race simply cannot be tested or proven scientifically," and that, "It is clear that human populations are not unambiguous, clearly demarcated, biologically distinct groups. The concept of 'race' has no validity . . . in the human species." Most anthropoligists argue that race definitions are imprecise, arbitrary, derived f ...

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Validity of human races - History of challenges to racial validity

Validity of human races - Arguments against racial validity

Validity of human races - Genetic variation

Validity of human races - Race as a social construct and populationism

Validity of human races - Arguments for racial validity

Validity of human races - Genetic definitions of race

Validity of human races - Footnotes

Germans: Encyclopedia - Corycian Cave

The Corycian Cave is located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, in Greece. In the mythology of the area, it is named after the nymph Corycia; however, its name etymologically derives from korykos, "knapsack". This cave was sacred to the Corycian Nymphs and the Muses, and a place of worship for Pan. Strabo, in his Geography, writes: The whole of Parnassos [Mountain in Phokis] is esteemed as sacred [to Apollon], since it has caves and other places that are held in honor and deemed holy. Of these the best known and most beautiful is Korykion, a cave of the Nymphai bearing the same name as ...

Germans: Encyclopedia - 1942

This article is about the year. For the 1984 Capcom arcade game, see 1942 (video game). 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1942 - Events. 1942 - January. January 1 - World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in Solvec (owned by Charles Henry de Silva ...

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1942 - August-September

1942 - Ongoing events

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Germans: Encyclopedia - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев) (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between 10 November and 17 December 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 snipers (in Junior Lieutenant military rank). Prior to 10 November he had already killed 32 Axis soldiers with the ordinary Mosin rifle ("tryokhlineyka", three line rifle) [1]. It is estimated that ...

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Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev - Awards and honors

Germans: Encyclopedia - Conservation movement

The Conservation movement seeks to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in from harmful human influences. The contemporary environmental movement and the Conservation movement have grown together in modern times, as the Sierra Club and Audubon Society have come to reflect the broader ethics of a more diverse society. It continues to admire and use nature, and assign it varying ethical significance. Today it is more correct to say that there is no clear distinction between the conservation ...

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Conservation movement - History

Conservation movement - Religious influence

Conservation movement - Sources

Germans: Encyclopedia - Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (in Greek Konstantinos II, Vasileus ton Ellinon or Κωνσταντίνος Β', Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (born June 2, 1940) was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. He has lived in exile since 1967. Constantine was born at Psychiko, near Athens, the nephew of King George II and eldest son of the King's brother and heir, Prince Paul. His mother was a German princess, Frederika of Hanover. He was one year old when the Germans invaded Gre ...

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Constantine II of Greece - As King 1964-67

Constantine II of Greece - The King and the Colonels 1967-74

Constantine II of Greece - In exile

Constantine II of Greece - Current status

Constantine II of Greece - Family

Germans: Encyclopedia - Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks

This article talks about the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Some of the most important issues are listed here. The news shocked the world. Men and women wept openly. People watched the television coverage in stores (or at the nearest television set), while others followed the news on the internet. The event left a lasting impression on many Americans. The question, "Where were you on September 11, 2001?" has become a common topic of discussion, and will be for years to come. Aftermath of the S ...

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Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Military and security measures

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - International reaction

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Reaction amongst the United States population

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Economic aftermath

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Insurance claims and claims against the airlines

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Rescue and recovery

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - Effects on children

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - 2001

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - November

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - December

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - 2002

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - March

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - May

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - June

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - August

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - September

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - 2003

Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - External link

Germans: Encyclopedia - Venezuela

Note 2: Historical: Dios y Federación (English: God and Federation) Venezuela, officially named the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is the northernmost country in South America and part of Caribbean South America. It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Off the Venezuelan coast are also found the Caribbean states of Aruba, t ...

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Venezuela - Origin and history of the name

Venezuela - History

Venezuela - Government

Venezuela - Current political events

Venezuela - Chávez and the 1992 coup attempt

Venezuela - Presidential elections and new constitution

Venezuela - Coup and worker strike

Venezuela - Mass protests and recall referendum

Venezuela - Parlimentary elections of 2005

Venezuela - Subdivisions

Venezuela - States

Venezuela - Administrative regions

Venezuela - Geography

Venezuela - Economy

Venezuela - Demographics

Venezuela - Military

Venezuela - Culture

Venezuela - Holidays

Venezuela - Personalities

Venezuela - National symbols

Venezuela - Related topics

Germans: Encyclopedia - Airmail

Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. It typically arrives more quickly than surface mail, and usually costs more to send. Airmail may be the only option for sending mail to some destinations, such as overseas, if the mail cannot wait the time it would take to arrive by ship, sometimes weeks. A postal service may sometimes opt to transport some regular mail by air, perhaps because other transportation is unavailable, but it is usually impossible to know this by examining an envelope ...

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Airmail - History

Airmail - Media

Airmail - External link

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Germans: Encyclopedia - V-2 rocket

The V-2 rocket or Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance weapon 2) was an early ballistic missile used by the German Army during the later stages of World War II against mostly British and Belgian targets. It's real claim to fame is as the progenitor of the rocket race that developed during the Cold War, and ultimately put men on the moon and probes that have left our solar system. V-2 rocket - Introduction. Rockets were seen as having the potential to out-range artillery, capable of bombarding targets at ver ...