Essays Tagged: "hungarians"

Elie Wiesel's "Night"

oor barefoot of Signet"(Wiesel 3). He was Elie's teacher until he was forced to leave Signet by the Hungarians because he was a foreign Jew.After several months Elie saw Moshe the Beadle once again. M ...

(9 pages) 180 0 2.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Yugoslavia

ere Serbs, 34 percent Croats, 7 percent Slovenes, and 7 percent Macedonians; the rest were Germans, Hungarians, Albanians, Jews, and Gypsies. By religion, 49 percent belonged to the Orthodox church, 3 ...

(10 pages) 152 1 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The role of the Crusades in the Cultural awakening of the late Middle Ages/Describe the role of the Crusades in the cultural awakening of the late Middle Ages

forgive the sins of all people who went and fought in the Holy Land. Christians killed thousands of Hungarians, then Germans, then Greeks. Christians also killed Jews. The armies of the first Crusade ...

(2 pages) 45 1 3.8 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Biography of Elie Wiesel, author of Night.

War II, Sighet remained relatively unaffected by the war. Although Sighet became controlled by the Hungarians instead of the Romanians, the Jews in Sighet believed that they would be safe from the pe ...

(3 pages) 28 0 4.3 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Bolshevik seizure of Power in 1917

over. In the summer of 1917, the Provincial Government launched an attack on the Germans and Austro-Hungarians at Galicia. This offensive was a total failure, and throughout the preceding months, Germ ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Springtime of the Peoples 1848 - describe

ical power. Those involved in these revolts included several groups; the Germans, the Italians, the Hungarians and others. Although changes were made all throughout Europe, the original, oppressive go ... sing was to establish a liberal constitution that abolished serfdom, and promised self-rule for the Hungarians. Their plan was successful, when the weak ruler, Emperor Ferdinand I, gave in to their re ...

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Why did the USSR face a challenge to its authority in Hungary?

a new government in Hungary, headed by Janos Kadar. During the crushing of this revolution, 20,000 Hungarians were massacred, and 3,000 Russian troops were lost. Imre Nagy was caught and executed. Th ... conomic conditions in Hungary, various political influences, and the social constraints placed upon Hungarians.Economic conditions in Hungary were especially conducive towards the breaking out of Hung ...

(7 pages) 16 0 3.7 Dec/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Hungarian crisis of 1956

system of government dominant in Europe and essentially the rest of the World.From 1945 onwards the Hungarians were put under the control of the Soviet Union where the Soviet military occupied Hungary ... .On the afternoon of October the 23rd 1956, in retaliation to the hardships currently faced by most Hungarians, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest (the capital of Hungary) and issued ...

(9 pages) 22 0 4.5 Jul/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Otto von Bismarck's foreign policy genius after the unification of Germany

Turkey and the later establishment of the treaty of San Stefano. By agreeing to protect the Austrio-Hungarians from the Russians, Bismarck was essentially looking out for his own national interests. I ...

(3 pages) 28 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Austria ottoman report

were in control of the government and all other important political positions. The Magyars, or the Hungarians, were powerless, and they were the larger group of disenfranchised people. The Italians i ... eror, and he controlled Hungary as a king. This eased a lot of the troubles from the more organized Hungarians, but it still left 3/5 of the people disenfranchised, or without voting rights. Austria a ...

(3 pages) 1225 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Origins of First World War

a catalyst to the war.Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne. The Austrian - Hungarians retaliated against the Serbian people. Because of an alliance that Germany had with Austr ...

(3 pages) 1953 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Australian Immigration Since 1945

zi labour and concentration camps and many, particularly Poles, Yugoslavs, Latvians, Ukrainians and Hungarians, were unable or unwilling to return home. Following a visit to Europe in 1947, Calwell ag ...

(8 pages) 33 0 5.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Managing a new wellness center

ter in Hungary. It would be in the western part of the country because that part is visited also by Hungarians and also foreigners are willing to travel there. As we know Hungary is the 'strongest' in ... in between 25-40. The other age-group contains families, couples from age 40- and also pensioners. Hungarians and tourists from the neighbouring countries, and also pensioners from the USA are target ...

(9 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Political History of Hungary

path towards the well-desired "Europeanization". Among the first reforms, the revolution brought to Hungarians was freedom of travel, more social protection, and a wide welfare and economic reform. Th ... tate, "the government shared a belief in the benefits of a 'return to Europe' and tried to convince Hungarians that social confrontation is non-European, therefore it is to be avoided" (Greskovits, 20 ...

(7 pages) 1478 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Historical Character Behind Dracula

te to rebuild one of his father old fortresses. There he could monitor movement of his enemies, the Hungarians coming through Transylvania and the Turks coming from the Ottoman Empire. The enslaved bo ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History