Cultural Heritage

Title: Cultural Heritage
Category: Literature / English | Words: 618 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage Fighting in World War I and World War II, my grandfather and great-grandfather were fighting for more than American pride. They were fighting for more personal or cultural reasons. My family name is Derwinski and is of Prussian decent. The Germans and the Russians persecuted the Prussians. Prussians were strictly Protestants with high moral and ethnic standards. For centuries, Prussia was a safe haven for people persecuted for their religious beliefs. Between 1685 and 1715, 500,000 …showed first 75 words of 618 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 618 total…only 12 years of forceful and illegal annexation to Germany did cost the Prussians their home country, the many centuries of history and language. Yet, people often confuse Prussia with that of Germany, but in-turn Prussia lost everything because of Germany. Today people of the Prussian decent continue to try to find the lost language and many centuries of old history, but one thing that wasn’t ever taken away was the Prussian cultural heritage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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