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Tim Holden says: "The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction." I chose this phrase because it perfectly represents the opinion of a society (the Jews) at the relevant time. I think that you've seen this image many times, but this image represents the desolation and the ingenuity of the people locked up in concentration camps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust/videos/concentration-camp-liberation In this video we can see when Russian troops liberated the Auschwitz camp. Finally, the prisoners could see freedom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ht...

Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. It tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), White turns to a life of crime, producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies. Walter's family consists of his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and children, Walter, Jr. (RJ Mitte) and Holly (Elanor Anne Wenrich). The show also features Skyler's sister Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt), and her husband Hank (Dean Norris), a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Walter hires lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), who connects him with private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and in turn Mike's em...

                                                        Vans is a manufacturer of shoes, established in Cypress, California. The company also produces T-shirts, hats, backpakcs and other things. Vans is also active in the actions sports industry and sponsors skateboard, surf, snow, BMX, and motocross teams. On March 16, 1966 in Anaheim, California, the brothers Paul Van Doren and James Van Doren and other people opened the first Vans store under the name "The Van Doren Rubber Company" Next, the company grew and now it's one of the most important industries of shoes in the world. 

                      Harrods is located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. History Harrods founder Charles Henry Harrod established his business in 1824. The business was located south of the River Thames in Southwark. Dress code From 1989 Harrods has had a dress code policy and has turned away several people who it believed were not dressed appropriately. These included a soldier in uniform, a scout troop, a woman with a mohican hair cut and other people The Egyptian-style clothing department at Harrods Products and services Harrods offers a wide range of products and services. Products on offer include clothing for women, men, children and infants, electronics, toys, food and drink, packaged gifts, and much more. Harrods also includes 32 restaurants, serving everything from high tea to tapas to pub food to haute cuisine.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...

                                BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and the United Kingdom in October. Carter G. Woodson History The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week." This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which dates Black communities had celebrated  together since the late 19th century. Black Histo...

                                                    ROSA PARKS Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the background Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. She was called the "Mother of the Modern-Day American civil rights movement" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Parks is best known for what she did in her home town of Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. While she sat in a seat in the middle of the bus, the bus driver told her to move to the back of the bus so a white passenger could take the seat in the front of the bus. Parks refused to move. She was a member of the local chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Like so many others she was tired of being treated as a lower class person because of the color of her skin. ...

                                        THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA and Canada when people give thanks. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November in the USA, on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Friday of November in China. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. American immigrants brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada, beginning on April 5, 1872. The United States Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday in the year 1941, and Canadian Parliament later established the second Monday of each October as a national holiday in the year 1957. The First Thanksgiving "The First Thanksgiving" Although not as famous, the first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berk...