A writer and member of the Resistance, Antelme had been arrested by the Gestapo in July 1944, just six weeks ahead of the liberation of Paris by Allied forces, and like thousands of Resistance members before him, sent from Fresnes prison to a concentration camp in Germany. Duras’s and A...
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have been sent to a house in the English countryside during World War II to avoid the air raids. The house is owned by the bewhiskered Professor, who allows them to have free rein over the property, despite the objections of his steely housekeeper. While ...
Palmer Raids | Definition, Significance & PurposeLesson Transcript Instructors Julie Nicols View bio David Lobb Learn about the First Red Scare of the 1920s, the causes of the Red Scare, and how it came to an end. Read about A. Mitchell Palmer, and the Palmer Raids in 1919. ...
This series does an excellent job of illustrating the strategic significance of the air campaigns, as well as the personal cost borne by the men who flew the missions. The show also touches on the broader societal impact of the war, particularly the psychological scars left on the soldiers ...
The significance of this is unknown.[30] During the events of Shadowkeep, Guardians faced Vex Champions who have been "touched" by the Darkness and were given newfound abilities to be on par against their powerful adversaries.[61]They were later encountered in high-level content such as ...
Babylonians offered him seemed to them too insignificant and beneath what he deserved, even though in his dignity and power there was significance. No, in fact, all the affairs of Mesopotamia depended upon him, and he flourished more and more in this...
Enough has been said to indicate the great significance of the reign of Khosrow I, and even though much has accumulated around his name and reign which should not be attributed to him, nonetheless the achievements of Khosrow were outstanding. Yet in the long run they did not insure lasting...
(Échancrée) are crafted from wood derived from non-native tree species, it is evident that they were fashioned from repurposed wood, thus limiting their utility in dating the tablet's production and the carvings adorning them. In contrast, the significance of tablets B (Aruku Kurenga) ...
lawyer who negotiated the plea deal, dismissed the significance of the agreement to destroy the materials. He said: “You’d have to ask the United States government why they insisted on including that clause. The materials we are talking about are now more than a decade old. I don’t ...
Recalling Bede’s significance as “the father of English learning,” we prayed for “all biblical scholars and writers and all who translate and interpret your word in every part of the world.” Praising God for Bede the historian, we prayed for “church historians and all who interpret the...