“Jason and Medea” is a famous Greek mythology about husband wife called Jason and Medea. Medea was the daughter of King Aeetus. The myth ends with Medea killing her two children by poisoning them. During the reign of the Third Reich there was another woman who did exactly the same thing and her name…
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Holocaust Vs. Genocide.
Between 1915-1923, the Ottoman Empire started exterminating its minority subjects living in the Ottoman Turkish territory. It is estimated that a total of 1.5 million Armenians were killed during this time. However barely twenty-seven countries recognize it as a genocide. On the other side the Jewish Genocide by the Third Reich was recognized worldwide, during…
Comparison:Ceremony for the king of Central Africa
He named himself as ” Emperor Bokassa I of Central Africa” after overthrowing the president of Central Africa. He organized an insanely expensive coronation that seemed straight out of a movie. He had a mile long cape and a giant gold eagle shaped throne. The ceremony was performed with 3000 lavish guards as well. When…
Surviving Winter Storms in 1940’s without modern technology.
The winters of the year 1940 was brutal for the residents of the city of Berlin. Germany’s waterways from the smallest canals and lake to the greatest arterial rivers, froze solid. Temperatures fell as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. The effect of the brutal weather disrupted the lives of berliners to a great extent….
Business flourishing under the blanket of blackout
“One man’s loss is another man’s gain” In the year 1939 Berlin was covered in a blanket of darkness, a defensive measure to protect itself. Berlin was having total black outs to protect itself from air raids by the British. The blackout was a measure to ensure that plane could not see any sign of…