Low German Essays

  • Endangered Languages

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    What Language Did the Old Pirates speak? (Endangered Languages) As the world becomes more and more unified, there is nothing unusual in the fact that languages across the world have been disappearing steadily over the past centuries. According to estimates, there are still approximately 6500 languages in the world and over half of them will be extinct within the next 100 years (Crystal 380-84). In other words, many languages are in danger of disappearing. For example, a language becomes endangered

  • The Cold Embrace

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    The Cold Embrace The night in the city was going to be especially cold tonight. The sky had been overcast for almost the entire day, leading to a brief although torrential downpour in the mid-afternoon. The streets of the Bronx outside the third-story apartment window that Leonard Jefferson Bennings now looked out were saturated from the July rainstorm and shone with a glimmer he remembered seeing from his bedroom window in Massachusetts many years ago. He wondered if he would ever get to

  • Unforgettable Impact: The Historical Significance of Germany

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    of Germany. In its history, Germany has been one of the most influential countries in all of Europe. This great nation holds many geographical locations of historical significance as well as beautiful scenery. History, for centuries, has held the German people in high regard for their militaristic capabilities and ingenuity. They have also been responsible for many technological developments and changes throughout the entire world. For these reasons, the country of Germany is unforgettable.

  • The Most Important Leader of German Humanitism

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    The Most Important Leader of German Humanitism "No Works Cited" The most brilliant and most important leader of German humanism, b. at Rotterdam, Holland, 28 October, probably in 1466; d. at Basle, Switzerland, 12

  • The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party

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    The Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party Germany under the rule of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party believed they were superior to the peoples of all other nations and all individual efforts were to be performed for the betterment of the German State. Germany’s loss in World War I resulted in the Peace Treaty of Versailles, which created tremendous economic and social hardships on Germany. Germany had to make reparations to the Allied and Associated Governments involved

  • The Life Of Anne Frank

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    be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed."-- October 9, 1942 On Her Old Country, Germany "Fine specimens of humanity, those Germanns, and to think I'm actually one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and Jews."-- October 9, 1942 On Nazi Punishment of Resisters

  • German Management System

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    German management, as it has evolved over the centuries and has established itself since World War II, has a distinct style and culture. Like so many things German, it goes back to the medieval guild and merchant tradition, but it also has a sense of the future and of the long term. The German style of competition is rigorous but not ruinous. Although companies might compete for the same general market, as Daimler-Benz and BMW do, they generally seek market share rather than market domination. Many

  • Memory and Individual Identity in Post World War II German Literature

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    changed by it in their own way. Literature written about such events will reflect the affected individuals and societies. Some of the effects of World War II on the average German person can be seen through an analysis of the different memories and experiences of the war represented in a selection of post World War II German literature including Gregor von Rezzori’s Memoirs of an Anti-Semite and Heinrich Böll’s And Where Were You, Adam?. The short story “Troth” from Gregor von Rezzori’s Memoirs

  • Swot Analysis Of Kelly Service 's Target Audience

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    shift towards highly skilled technological industries, and Kelly Service aims to staff these industries with the highest tier of the German workforce. In order to meet these national and economic demands, Kelly Service plans to target a wide-range, but very specific demographic audience. According to Eduniversal’s college ranking list, “nearly one third of [German graduates] choose to follow a vocational training program within the binary system rather than go on to graduate school; professional

  • Life In The Trenches Of The Western Front

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    the Germans, Italians and the Austria- Hungarians (mostly the Germans). There are many reasons why people joined up for the Army. For the people who did join up for the army they expected the war to last for a couple of months and that it would be over by Christmas. But if any of them had known that the war was going to last for 4 years till 1918, the people who joined up for the army probably wouldn’t of joined the army. The British and French united together to battle the Germans on the

  • Der Euro, Unser Geld

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    minds of Germans. The physical transition to the Euro currency went very smoothly. Overnight, ATM machines were fully capable of dispensing Euros, and bank personnel were trained to handle any questions or problems that could arise. Fortunately, with the exchange rate locked in at almost 2 (1.95583) Marks to 1 Euro, the conversion math has been relatively simple for the average person. Additionally, many product prices had been published in both Marks and Euros for several months, so most Germans experienced

  • Austria

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    different than that of people from Vorarlberg. A great idea is to try to speak with a local person before meetings to understand their culture, the people of Austria, and the region. Austria is made up of about 90% Germans. The official language of Austria is German. 98% of the population speaks German as a first language. There are distinct differences between the many regional dialects, and also a wide variation in the standard Hochdeutsch spoken from region to region. In the province of Carinthia, Slovene

  • German Jewry on the Eve of Destruction

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    did not? In 1933, there were several different responses to Germany's increasingly anti-Jewish tendencies. Then, on the eve of destruction, before the Nazis had fully planned for their extermination, the German Jews had a chance to affect Germany and their own lives. I have chosen a few of the German Jewish responses to examine in this essay. After the single-day boycott of April 1, 1993, where the Magen David was posted on establishments of Jewish-race ownership, a Zionist named Robert Weltsch wrote

  • German Barbarians

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    historian Cornelius Tacitus gave an account of the lifestyles and organization of these peculiar barbarians. These descendants of modern Germans proved peculiar in that they adopted many qualities typical of barbaric cultures, yet they simultaneously practiced virtues more befitting of advanced civilizations, values more ethical than even the Roman empire of the time. The German warriors had a rigid code that defined how to live honorable lives and shameful acts to avoid committing, and the warriors also

  • Analysis of German Film Run Lola Run

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    Analysis of German Film "Run Lola Run" Run Lola Run, is a German film about a twenty-something woman (Lola) who has 20 minutes to find $100,000 or her love (Manni) will be killed. The search for the money is played through once with a fatal ending and one would think the movie was over but then it is shown again as if it had happened ten seconds later and changed everything. It is then played out one last time. After the first and second sequence, there is a red hued, narrative bridge. There

  • What cultural problems did Walmart face in some of the international markets it entered?

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    in three folds. Firstly, the issue of management; Walmart employed a non-German manager that didn’t understand the consumer habits and expectations of the German people; this was similar with the case of Silvio Napoli in the Schindler in India case study. The American management made very critical decisions that didn’t reflect the cultural context of the German people in terms of consumer habits and expectations; the Germans are known to be efficient when it comes to shopping practices. The management

  • The St. Mihiel Offensive

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    OFFENSIVE AT ST. MIHIEL The St. Mihiel Offensive began on September 12, 1918. It was the first operation of World War I performed and commanded solely by an American Army. The whole idea of the operation was to reduce the size of the German salient, a part of their battle line that jutted out towards allied territories. Though delayed at first by other occurring battles, the operation began on August 10, 1918 when the American First Army headquarters was set up. August 30, 1918, the First Army, under

  • Entering German Market

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    During the last decade German economy is stagnating, or even decreasing. One of possible reasons is the lack of entrepreneurship in German companies. Old companies usually are too big and unwilling to change something inside, thus German government decided to support establishment of new small and medium enterprises. New agenda 2010 introduces the strategy for Germany to recover the economy and become even more competitive. In the article “Starting your business with subsidies” in Invest in Germany

  • What Ethical Challenges Does Walmart Have To Face While Operating In Germany Case Study

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    administration" in one nation might be completely wrong or even hostile in another. Along these lines, Wal-Mart 's German rivals merrily watched Wal-Mart outrage its new clients by stowing their buys. These contenders realized that thrifty German customers incline toward this undertaking not be finished by outsiders. While more well-to-do German customers may value this "administration", German rebate customers viewed this as an interruption into their security for which they were paying a concealed work

  • Holocaust

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    of the Germans to hating and ultimately killing the Jews. What is being discussed is the power of persuasion and how it is used through various forms of media to gain a stronger anti-Semitic than they had already had. The anti-Semitism that was already apparent was that of the nineteenth century. The Germans naturally hated Jews. They blamed them for the declining of the German economy and whatever was going wrong in Germany, the Jews were held responsible. From this basis set, the Germans branched