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Banat Ya'qub September 1953-Present
in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1953), Box 2, Arab-Israeli Border Incidents Reports , 2 page(s)
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in General Records of the Department of State (RG59). Intelligence Research Files of Herbert A. Fine Relating to the Palestinian Problem, 1947-1971, of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1953), Box 2, Arab-Israeli Border Incidents Reports , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1953
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Violence, Military raids, Truces, Political boundaries, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Politics & Policy, Syrians, Israelis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Barbed Wire Fences and Highway Paralleling Mexican Border, June 2, 1919
written by Henry Jervey, 1866-1942, in Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs (RG165), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (02 June 1919), Office of the Chief of Staff Correspondence, 1918-1921, Mexican Border 151-200 , 2 page(s)
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written by Henry Jervey, 1866-1942, in Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs (RG165), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (02 June 1919), Office of the Chief of Staff Correspondence, 1918-1921, Mexican Border 151-200 , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
02 June 1919, 1919
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Henry Jervey, 1866-1942
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Political boundaries, Fences, Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Battle For Warsaw '44
directed by Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986; produced by Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986, October Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009, originally published 2004), 47 mins
The Warsaw Uprising was the largest and bloodiest military operation undertaken by any resistance movement in World War II. From August 1 - October 2, 1944 the Nazis were challenged by an underground army of irregular volunteers - the vast majority barely adult. The Poles wanted to free their capital and greet the...
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directed by Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986; produced by Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986, October Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2009, originally published 2004), 47 mins
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The Warsaw Uprising was the largest and bloodiest military operation undertaken by any resistance movement in World War II. From August 1 - October 2, 1944 the Nazis were challenged by an underground army of irregular volunteers - the vast majority barely adult. The Poles wanted to free their capital and greet the advancing Red Army as a free people. They counted on help from the Allies but this did not come. 200,000 people, one-third of Warsaw's...
The Warsaw Uprising was the largest and bloodiest military operation undertaken by any resistance movement in World War II. From August 1 - October 2, 1944 the Nazis were challenged by an underground army of irregular volunteers - the vast majority barely adult. The Poles wanted to free their capital and greet the advancing Red Army as a free people. They counted on help from the Allies but this did not come. 200,000 people, one-third of Warsaw's population perished, 15,000 resistance fighters were taken prisoner-of-war, and 80% of Warsaw was destroyed. Battle for Warsaw '44 contains unique testimony from Polish, British, and German participants. Hugh Lunghi, a member of British Military Mission to Moscow, speaks for the first time about the British involvement at the time of the Uprising and pilots from the RAF and Red Army Air Force describe their airlifts to Warsaw. Included is the extraordinary film shot by the Poles themselves who used photo reporters and a special film unit to document the uprising. Today, two decades after the collapse of communism, hundreds of thousands of people gather at the Warsaw military cemetery on August lst to mark the outbreak of the insurrection. The commemoration in Poland was considered an act of defiance during the communist era, which government authorities monitored but dared not stop. Understanding what happened in 1944 helps explain the nature of Polish opposition to communism. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986, October Films, Michael Praed, 1960-
Author / Creator
Wanda Koscia, fl. 1986
Date Published / Released
2004, 2009
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Praed, 1960-
Topic / Theme
Nazi regime in Germany, 1933-1945, Military occupation, Rebellions, Surrenders, War, Warsaw Uprising, August-October 1944, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, World History, Polish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Betr.: Grenzverletzung [abschrift], 1946
written by Germany. District Customs Office, Bärnau, in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (23 October 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 5 page(s)
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written by Germany. District Customs Office, Bärnau, in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (23 October 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 5 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
23 October 1946, 1946
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Germany. District Customs Office, Bärnau
Topic / Theme
Czech Republic and Germany Border, Crossing borders, Political boundaries, Shootings, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Betreff: Diebstahl von tschechischem...5.2.1947
in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 February 1947), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 3 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 February 1947), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
05 February 1947, 1947
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Czech Republic and Germany Border, Crossing borders, Political boundaries, Theft, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Bettrift: Meldung, August 15, 1946
in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 August 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 2 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (15 August 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
15 August 1946, 1946
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Czech Republic and Germany Border, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Bettrift: Wöchentlicher Grenzbericht, June 5, 1946
in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 June 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 2 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (05 June 1946), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS) Records of the Civil Administration Division, Czech Border , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
05 June 1946, 1946
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Czech Republic and Germany Border, Political boundaries, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Beyond Paris: The Refugee Crisis in Europe
written by Amber Kiwan, fl. 2014 and David C. Speedie, fl. 2004 (New York, NY: Carnegie Council, 2015),
Source: www.carnegiecouncil.org
Source: www.carnegiecouncil.org
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written by Amber Kiwan, fl. 2014 and David C. Speedie, fl. 2004 (New York, NY: Carnegie Council, 2015),
Source: www.carnegiecouncil.org
Source: www.carnegiecouncil.org
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference website
Author / Creator
Amber Kiwan, fl. 2014, David C. Speedie, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Carnegie Council
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Immigration laws, Refugees, Terrorism, Politics & Policy, Law, Europeans, Iraqis, Syrians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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A Biography of No Place
written by Kate Brown, fl. 2004 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005, originally published 2004), 322 page(s)
This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Unio...
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written by Kate Brown, fl. 2004 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005, originally published 2004), 322 page(s)
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This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and finally, Polish and Ukrainian nationalism. By the 1950s, this "no place" emerged as a Ukrainian heartland, an...
This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and finally, Polish and Ukrainian nationalism. By the 1950s, this "no place" emerged as a Ukrainian heartland, and the fertile mix of peoples that defined the region was destroyed.Kate Brown’s study is grounded in the life of the village and shtetl, in the personalities and small histories of everyday life in this area. In impressive detail, she documents how these regimes, bureaucratically and then violently, separated, named, and regimented this intricate community into distinct ethnic groups.Drawing on recently opened archives, ethnography, and oral interviews that were unavailable a decade ago, A Biography of No Place reveals Stalinist and Nazi history from the perspective of the remote borderlands, thus bringing the periphery to the center of history. We are given, in short, an intimate portrait of the ethnic purification that has marked all of Europe, as well as a glimpse at the margins of twentieth-century “progress.”
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Kate Brown, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2004, 2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Topic / Theme
Eastern European Borders, Cultural identity, Nationalism, Genocide, Ethnic relations, Stalin's Great Purge, 1936-1938, Holocaust, 1939-1945, World War II, 1939-1945, Geography, Politics & Policy, History, Jews, Ukrainians, Polish, Germans, Russians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2004 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Harvard University Press.
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Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
written by Greg Campbell, 1970- (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2004, originally published 2004), 336 page(s)
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond indus...
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written by Greg Campbell, 1970- (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2004, originally published 2004), 336 page(s)
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First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds i...
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel - have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global. Updated with a new epilogue.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Greg Campbell, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Basic Books
Topic / Theme
Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002), Sierra Leonean, Civil war, Political violence, Violence, Diamonds, Mining industry, Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991-2002, History, Politics & Policy, Law, International Response, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2012 by Perseus Book Group
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