The Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward, remain inerasable stains on Mao's rule. Tens of millions were murdered and starved to death in the name ofcommunism. Chinese paramilitary police officers salute each other as they stand guard below a massive portrait of Chairman Mao that still ...
Like the Netherlands, Germans (Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt & Munich,) have a separate toast for beer, ‘Prost’ and for wine, ‘Zum Wohl’, which all mean “to your good health”. Remember to touch glasses with those you can reach around you, there’s no need for climbing over...
The Wrong Way:InNapoleon, although we understand Napoleon wants to conquer everybody’s armies and rule the world, this is generally presented as an incidental goal. It is not really hispurposeto make war on everyone; but what’s he to do when armies keep popping up all over the place a...
might lead to a fatal division and distribution of the national forces. Particularly they feared that they might be forced into a premature action to defend New York. They realised with prophetic insight that this would be the particular advantage the Germans would seek. So they took great pains...
Austriaand Germany These two countries have very similar rules when it comes to giving a toast. Before tapping glasses, the Germans (and Austrians) will say “Prost” which means good health. This toast is most common with beer, but we liked to use it with mimosas. On another note, toas...
On the surface, this title is a love song about a girl who has surrendered to the charm of a ‘blond son of Hitler’: This is a hint to the fact that during World War II a part of the Bosnian Muslims sympathised with the Germans (see Glenny 1993: 215). But the refrain, with ...
I heard from Fox “IsraHELL First” “news” that their own JEW Charles Krauthammer (he must love hitting Germans with hammers) said, and I’m paraphrasing as I haven’t got the quote on me: He said that this “election” (a scam is more like it) just reset the clock back to the...
(to want to V, to need to V, to like to V, etc.) and jump on a plane before learning any more of what you’ll just need to relearn anyway. Even after you land, you do not need more than two months of classes in-country, and remember that, ...
both the Italians and the Germans claimed that the salute was based in Roman and medieval Germany history, respectively, though they both had purely modern origins—andSmithsonian.comreporter Rose Eveleth notesthat confusion over the fascist salute and a similar salute ...
The dreams Germans had while the Nazis were in power reveal the effects the regime had on the collective unconscious. 纳粹治下德国人的那些睡梦揭示了这个政权对集体无意识产生的影响。 Not long after Hitler came to power, in 1933, a thirty-year-old woman in Berlin had a series of uncanny drea...