Historical
All Among the Watchtowers
Perhaps more than any former jap Bloc country, East Germany keeps to exude a odd fascination for plenty. Pix of the Berlin Wall with its barbed wire, watch towers, and ‘dying strip’, as well as memories of the all-seeing, all-knowing state safety service – the scary Stasi – have helped to cement the German Democratic Republic inside the public imagination as the remaining instance of an oppressive communist police state. In comparison to scholarly studies on the GDR, famous records books rarely remember what life was like for everyday East Germans. Katja Hoyer seeks to fill this gap with beyond the Wall, which arrives purporting to be ‘the definitive records’ of the self-proclaimed workers’ and peasants’ nation.
By Dominic Odey3 years ago in Fiction
Hidden Struggle
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Alex. Alex was a kind and caring person, but he suffered from a mental health condition known as bipolar disorder. This condition caused Alex to experience extreme mood swings, with periods of intense happiness and energy followed by periods of deep depression and sadness.
By Riyakrishna3 years ago in Fiction
A House Divided
What the Easter 1920 riots in Jerusalem revealed about British rule in Palestine. Shortly after 10 am on Sunday four April 1920, a cinematographer set up his digicam close to the entrance to the Christian suq interior of Jerusalem’s walled old town to film Muslim pilgrims collecting close to the Jaffa Gate at the start of the pageant of Nebi Musa. According to local legend, the twelfth-century Muslim leader Saladin invented Nebi Musa to thwart any try by way of Christian pilgrims pouring into Jerusalem at Easter to reclaim it for Christendom. Elsewhere inside the Holy City, Christians were celebrating Easter and Jews have been making ready for Passover. The temper of the gang on the Jaffa Gate became pleased before everything but, because the movie was shot with the aid of an unknown cameraman shows, violence suddenly broke out and the group scattered. It's far not possible to tell exactly who became attacking whom, however, the film captures the very moment whilst Jerusalem becomes plunged into a frenzy of anti-Jewish rioting that lasted four days.
By Dominic Odey3 years ago in Fiction
"Chronicles of the Celestial Cats: Guardians of Ancient Egypt's Mystical Nexus"
In the mysterious and enchanting days of ancient Egypt, a civilization steeped in mythology and wonder, cats were revered as celestial beings, their presence shrouded in mysticism and their actions believed to hold the secrets of the universe. It was whispered among the wise scribes and scholars that these magnificent feline creatures possessed an otherworldly connection to the gods, acting as intermediaries between the mortal realm and the divine.
By Todays fact3 years ago in Fiction
Against the Odds
The warfare of the Springs of Cresson marked the beginning of the stop for the dominion of Jerusalem. The struggle of the Springs of Cresson changed into a devastating and perplexing struggle in the history of the Crusader States. Its proximity to the struggle of Hattin, which happened a month later with effects that had been extra keenly felt both within the Holy Land and Europe extra normally, has ended in Cresson being unnoticed. Nonetheless, the occasions of 1 may additionally 1187 had been born from the political demanding situations confronted through the dominion of Jerusalem and served as a portent for the activities that came to outline the Crusader States inside the past due 12th century.
By Dominic Odey3 years ago in Fiction
The Forgotten Dynasty
In the ancient land of India, during a time shrouded in mystery and grandeur, there existed a forgotten dynasty that ruled with both courage and betrayal. The tale begins in the bustling city of Hastinapur, where the mighty King Varun held sway over his prosperous kingdom.
By Revolution3 years ago in Fiction
