... code which threatened clergy who discussed politics from the pulpit with two years of prison. In March 1872 religious schools were forced to undergo official government inspection and in June religious teachers were banned from government schools. In 1872, the Jesuits were banned (and remained banned in Germany until 1917) and in December the German government broke off diplomatic relations with the ... Poland in the 18th century, Prussia had acquired some provinces populated mostly by people who spoke Polish and increasingly felt some common bonds with each other and their relatives und...

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... the Cold War. Conflict and mistrust between the West and the Soviet Union is possible to trace as far back as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement ... to be cut out off the Anglo-American zone Berlin was to be divided into zones as well and shared out amongst the above countries. (Berlin would be in the Russian zone). A joint Control Commission was set up to govern Berli...

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... are worn out. The buildings are collapsing." Lenin wrote these lines in February 1921 following the end of the Russian revolution. Later that year Lenin introduced the "New Economic Policy" and the country seemingly began to regain control of the economy, despite the dismay of the communists. Soviet composers of the 1920's were confronted by many new problems. Firstly, the audiences at the time were the ... by Mendelssohn had been banned for being racist. Orff came under fire for this score and was even investigated by an American officer in charge of political screenings, but Orff insi...

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... on the land was to encourage women to join the workforce and one of the ways in which this was done was through the establishment of the Women's Land Army. Lloyd George also directed many women to the munitions industry. Additionally, in 1917 the government established the Womens Auxillary Army Corps where women served in positions that men previously held, and in 1918 ... to extremes, with 258 laws in existance to control the supply and distribution of supplies. Opposition to the war continued to grow as a consequence of not only the decline in living standrads but also as a result of ...

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