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| | |  resistance movement: Encyclopedia - V TV seriesV was a 1983 U.S. science fiction television miniseries written and directed by Kenneth Johnson and first shown on NBC. It starred Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Ironside, Michael Durrell, Jenny Sullivan, Richard Herd, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Blair Tefkin, Diane Civita and Robert Englund. It was followed by a sequel in 1984, V: The Final Battle and a TV series, V (sometimes referred to as V: The Series) during the 1984-1985 TV season.
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia - Westerbork camp Camp Westerbork was a World War II concentration camp in Hooghalen, ten kilometers north of Westerbork, in the current mun. Midden-Drenthe, province of Drenthe, the Netherlands.
In 1939, the Dutch government erected a refugee camp, Kamp Westerbork, in which people from German, but also coming from Austrian, Czechoslovakian and Polish, mostly of Jewish faith, were housed after they had tried in vain to escape Nazi terror in their homeland. During Wo ...
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Norway - History In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms into one and in 872 with the battle of Hafrsfjord, he established a feudal state.
The Viking age (8th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegians settled on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of the British Islands and attempted to settle at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada (it is the Vinland of The Saga of Eric the Red). Norwegians founded th ...
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War In World War I the Netherlands succeeded in remaining neutral, although the sympathies were clearly more on the German side than on the British. Relations with Germany had traditionally been better and the memory of the Boer War was fresh. After the end of the war the Kaiser Wilhelm II asked and was given asylum, much to the anger of both Britain and France. A further consequence of the neutrality was that the country had no involvement in the Treaty of Versailles. In fact, the Dutch economy suffered from the financial consequences of the re ...
See also:The Netherlands in World War II, The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War, The Netherlands in World War II - The outbreak of the war, The Netherlands in World War II - Persecution of Jews, The Netherlands in World War II - Oppression and resistance, The Netherlands in World War II - Dutch volunteers in the German armed forces, The Netherlands in World War II - The last year, The Netherlands in World War II - Dutch East Indies and the war against Japan, The Netherlands in World War II - After the war Read more here: » The Netherlands in World War II: Encyclopedia II - The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War |
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Norway - History In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms into one and in 872 with the battle of Hafrsfjord, he established a feudal state.
The Viking age (8th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegians settled on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of the British Islands and attempted to settle at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada (it is the Vinland of The Saga of Eric the Red). Norwegians founded th ...
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee - Activities Solomon Mikhoels, the popular actor and director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater, was appointed the JAC chairman. The JAC's newspaper in Yiddish language was called Einigkeit ("Unity", Cyrillic: Эйникейт).
The JAC broadcasted pro-Soviet propaganda to foreign audiences, assuring them of the absence of anti-Semitism in the USSR. In 1943, Mikhoels and Itzik Feffer, the first official representatives of the Soviet Jewry allowed to visit the West, embarked on a seven-month tour to the USA, Mexico, Canada and Britai ...
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Interwar period 1918-1939
Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Independence and Polish Jews.
Jews also played a role in the fight for crisps for independence in 1918, some joining Józef Pilsudski, but many other communities decided to remain neutral in the fight for a Polish state. In the wake of the World War I and the ensuing series of conflicts that engulfed Eastern Europe like the Russian Civil War, Polish-Ukrainian War, Polish-Soviet War, many pogroms were launched against the Jews by all sides. As a sign ...
See also:Jewish Polish history during the 1900s, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Interwar period 1918-1939, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Independence and Polish Jews, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Jewish and Polish culture, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Rising Anti-Semitism, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - WWII and the destruction of Polish Jewry 1939-1945, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - The Polish September campaign, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Soviet-Occupied Poland, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - The Holocaust: German-occupied Poland, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Communist rule: 1945-1989, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Post-war, Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - From 1967-1989 Read more here: » Jewish Polish history during the 1900s: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Interwar period 1918-1939 |
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - History of Poland 1945–1989 - Creation of the People's Republic of Poland 1945–1956
History of Poland 1945–1989 - Wartime devastation.
Poland suffered enormous losses during World War II. While in 1939 Poland had 35.1 million inhabitants, the census of February 14, 1946 showed only 23.9 million. Over ninety percent of Poland's capital was destroyed in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising. Poland, still a predominantly agricultural country compared to Western nations, suffered catastrophic damage to its infrastruc ...
See also:History of Poland 1945–1989, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Creation of the People's Republic of Poland 1945–1956, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Wartime devastation, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Consolidation of Communist power 1945–1948, History of Poland 1945–1989 - The Bierut era 1948–1956, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Minorities in Poland after the War, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Communist reform 1956–1970, History of Poland 1945–1989 - De-Stalinization, History of Poland 1945–1989 - The Gomułka period, History of Poland 1945–1989 - The Gierek era 1970–1980, History of Poland 1945–1989 - The end of Communist rule 1980–1990, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Changes in Polish society, History of Poland 1945–1989 - Notes Read more here: » History of Poland 1945–1989: Encyclopedia II - History of Poland 1945–1989 - Creation of the People's Republic of Poland 1945–1956 |
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Munich - History The city was founded next to an already existing settlement of monks Munichen (Latin Monacum, Monachium) by the Welf Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. The village grew around St.Peter church next to a bridge, that Henry initially built over the river 'Isar'. To force traders to use his bridge (and, of course charge them for doing so) he destroyed a nearby bridge owned by bishop Otto von Freising (Freising). Therefore the bishop and Henry quarreled about the city before the emperor at a Imperial Diet held in Aug ...
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| | | | resistance movement: Encyclopedia II - Witold Pilecki - Biography
Witold Pilecki - Pilecki's early life.
Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, in Olonets on the shores of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia, where his family had been forcibly resettled by Tsarist Russian authorities after the suppression of Poland's January Uprising of 1863-1864. His grandfather, Józef Pilecki, had spent seven years in exile in Siberia for his part in the Uprising. In 1910 Pilecki moved with his family to Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania), where he completed Commercial School and joined the secret ZHP scouts organization. In 1916 he moved to Orel, ...
See also:Witold Pilecki, Witold Pilecki - Biography, Witold Pilecki - Pilecki's early life, Witold Pilecki - World War II breaks out, Witold Pilecki - The Auschwitz campaign: 945 days, Witold Pilecki - Back outside Auschwitz: the Warsaw Uprising., Witold Pilecki - Liberation: Soviet-dominated Poland, Witold Pilecki - Summary of Pilecki's Polish Army career Read more here: » Witold Pilecki: Encyclopedia II - Witold Pilecki - Biography |
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