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  • 31atrocity — I noun abomination, abuse, act of ferocity, atrocious crime, atrocitas, barbarity, deed of savagery, ferity, ferocity, fiendishness, flagitious villainy, flagitiousness, flagrancy, gross offense, heinousness, holocaust, infamy, inhumanity,… …

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  • 32Oroonoko — Not to be confused with Orinoco. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave. A True History.   …

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  • 33Battle of Crooked Billet — The Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near Crooked Billet (present day Hatboro), Pennsylvania. In the skirmish action, British forces under the command of… …

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  • 34bar·bar·i·ty — /bɑɚˈberəti/ noun, pl ties 1 [noncount] : extreme cruelty : a very cruel and violent quality The barbarity of the attack was horrifying. The photos vividly capture the war s barbarity. 2 [count] : a cruel act He is accused of inflicting… …

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  • 35Human sacrifice — is the act of homicide (the killing of one or several human beings) in the context of a religious ritual (ritual killing). Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals (animal sacrifice) and of religious… …

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  • 36Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 37Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 38Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 39MEMORY — holocaust literature in european languages historiography of the holocaust holocaust studies Documentation, Education, and Resource Centers memorials and monuments museums film survivor testimonies Holocaust Literature in European Languages The… …

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  • 40Historical and philosophical interpretations of the Holocaust — Here is a brief description on some of the main historical and philosophical views regarding the Holocaust.Historical and philosophical interpretationsThe Holocaust and the historical phenomenon of Nazism, which has since become the dark symbol… …

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