Hans shows abundant compassion to his new foster daughter Liesel as he is very gentle and loving towards her. ... Here Liesel sees beyond the strangeness of her new foster father and she understands that he is 'worth a lot'. ... Hans showed he loved her when he would come, "in every night and sat with her. ... He best shows this through the treatment of his new foster daughter, his keenness to help the targeted Jews, and his accordion. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The new German government faced many crises during its first few years in power. ... I sat down, read my paper, drank my coffee, and spent altogether about one hour in the café, and then asked for the bill. ...

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In 1918 and 1919 numerous new parties were beginning to form as a result of the revolution of 1918 in Germany and the economic collapse of the German states. ... The poet Stefan George voiced a widespread mood when, in 1921, he prophesized an age which "Brings forth the one who helps, the Man And at the same time mapped out his tasks for him: He bursts the chains, restores on fields of rubble His order, scourges those who've gone astray Back to eternal justice, where the great Is great again, and master once more master Obedience reigns, and on the people's banner Pins...

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I sat back and enjoyed my first trip to Europe. ... We had to take the whole gun down, screw the barrel off, put a new barrel on, then loosen it three clicks, it was a pain. ... A new plan was drafted. ... These conclusions, with their notes of pessimism, were not shared by the bomber commanders, and were echoes of a new problem of immense significance. ...

• Word Count: 3362
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Hitler captured the audience's attention and used the occasion to announce the Party's new name, the National Socialist German Workers? ... Stressemann invented a new currency, the Rentenmark which was introduced to control inflation. The Hyperinflation crisis and the political chaos meant that the Nazi Party added 36,000 new members between January and October 1923. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Many new political pressures arose during the rise of the New Social Movements and the level of comfort that the world had gotten used to by living under the old world order would be drastically changed by new social reformatory ideas with radical and lively leaders steering them into the 21st century. ... Such exposure to new democratic ideals during the war put the old European empires under constant tension that would eventually lead to their collapse in the 21st century. Out of these collapses rose many new social movements that were shadowed by the aftermath of the First World War and w...

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