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The Lord of the Harvest: Watershed of the Epoch
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Watershed of the Epoch. The new century lumbered towards war and dissolution not like a 'perfect fool', but instead like a drunken fool. The age of rationalism, science and progress was about to show that its greatest achievements could be put to use for its own destruction. With regard to the origins of the Great War, it is possible to go back to 1815; one hundred years before the event in question. 1815 was the year of the Congress of Vienna *. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent'...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Ruhpolding
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Peter first visited Ruhpolding in 1958 with his parents John and Jane Crawford. Click below for the full story. Ruhpolding is a municipality of the Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps. Ruhpolding has a population of approximately 6,400. The economy is based on tourism and sports. It was connected through railway in 1895. Since 1948, Ruhpolding became a famous spa and tourist resort, especially for winter sports. Please Note:...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Deutsch Sozialismus
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Open images in a new tab to view full size. Socialism in 19th and 20th Century Germany and Austria was split, somewhat uneasily, between the practicalities of social programs, as exemplified by Bismark's 'State Socialism', and also the activities of the Marxists and Communists, and the less practical concerns of the Lebensreform movement and. And both of these areas had profound effects on the politics of the Weimar Republic. That emerged from the German defeat in the Great War. There were hundreds of gr...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Die Olympischen Spiele in Berlin - 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
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Die Olympischen Spiele in Berlin - 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. I CALL ON THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD'. Die Olympischen Spiele in Berlin. German sport has only one task: to strengthen the character of the German people, imbuing it with the fighting spirit and steadfast camaraderie necessary in the struggle for its existence.". 8212; Minister of Propaganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels. Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler Opens the XI Olympiad in Berlin. 1936 Berlin Olympic Stadium. Television Camera - 1936. They also i...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Weimarer Kultur
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169; Peter Crawford 2014. 169; Peter Crawford 2014. Großstadt - Metropolis' - (1927-28) - Otto Dix. Weimar culture refers to the arts and sciences that happened during the Weimar Republic (between Germany's defeat at the end of World War I in 1918, and Hitler's rise to power in 1933). 1920s Berlin was at the hectic center of the Weimar culture. Although not part of the Weimar Republic, some authors also include the German speaking Austria - (the Ostmark), and particularly Vienna, as part of Weimar culture.
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Berchtesgaden
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Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. It is located in the south district ofBerchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, near the border with Austria, some 30 km south of Salzburg and 180 km southeast of Munich. To the south of the city the Berchtesgaden National Park stretches along three parallel valleys. Another notable peak is the Kehlstein mountain (1835 m) with its Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest *. See below), which offers spectacular views to its visitors. Which often visited Königssee and...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Arno Breker - Sculptor to the Führer
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Arno Breker - Sculptor to the Führer. Sculptor to the Führer. At the 1933 Nürnberg Reichsparteitag, the new Chancellor, Adolf Hitler proclaimed the dawn of an era of 'New Art' - and instituted the Reichskulturkammer (RKK - Reich Chamber of Culture) to oversee the cultural life of Das Dritte Reich, (the Third Reich). The Reichskulturkammer was headed by Dr. Paul Joseph Göbbels. It is therefore imperative for the artist to erect monuments, not so much to a period, but to his people. But the National-Social...
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Deutschland und die Ostmark: Deutschland - A Brief History to 1945
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Deutschland - A Brief History to 1945. A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Age, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. The Germanic tribes are thought to date from the Nordic Bronze Age or the Pre-Roman Iron Age. Arminius's decimation of the Roman legions in the Teutoburg forest had a far-reaching effect on the subsequent history of both the ancient Germanic people...
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So Long Ago So Clear: So Long Ago - So Clear
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So Long Ago So Clear. The biography of Peter Crawford. So Long Ago - So Clear. However old we become, we yet feel within ourselves that we are absolutely the same as we were when we were young. This thing, which is unaltered and always remains absolutely the same, which does not grow old with us, is just the kernel of our inner nature, and that does not lie in time. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung'. The World as Will and Representation'). So why is this book dedicated to Peter and to J M Barrie? And d...
