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      "(...) We burned Tokyo, not just military target, but set out to wipe out the people indiscriminately. The atomic bomb is the last word in the direction. All ethical limitations of warfare are gone. Not because of Means of destruction are more cruel or painful or otherwise hideous in their effect upon combatants. The fences are gone (...)" - David Lilienthal; US Atomic Energy Commission. The bomb – the idea so far-fetched and incredible, that, in the overall dream to become true, it became true. The treacherous idea and the end of humanity came alongside with the Manhattan project. The idea of the bomb itself has always been an enquiry subject, its force and its impact to all of us was simply one of its kind. Unspoken. Overwhelming. It all started from the very small particle which is called atom, going back in time One might say, nothing was so obvious and so right as dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to end the war that killed hounded of thousan...

 I have seen lots of idyllic and tranquil places, yet, Texel filled my expectations entirely, literally, One finds there - peace and quiet. It is not surprising, the island has been proclaimed the top destination in Europe, it deserves it completely.     Texel Guinea Pig   The island looks inconspicuous, its history and tradition is rich and extraordinary. The disasters and natural factors shaped and made the island dynamic and competitive. Year 1170 was the year  in which the island had to face with All Saints Flood, it was almost utterly flooded and destroyed. Yet, prevailed. The first traces of the human activity were discovered in Mesolithic Period around 8000 – 45000 B.C. Marine history of the island made it a quite a hard nut to bite through, it got its city right in 1415. the peak development and the golden period of the island was dated throughout the XVII and XVIII century. The merchant ship made their route to Reede van Texel. The Frisian Island...

  The legend of Wilhelm Tell is as old as the hills, yet, there is no more subtle and romantic story. Friedrich Schiller wrote a drama a piece of masterpiece which expresses the political situation he himself observed and wanted to comprehend. The hero expresses Schiller's perception of live, his inner, unbroken demenour. The controversy and orthodoxy he was not afraid to come forward. The drama suddenly became very popular and well-read, Schiller himself was not astounded of its popularity, namely, he did expect the success, not that huge one, tough. It was his last completed work, his writting victory he deserved for. The book undoubtedy is indebted to the works and suggestion of Goethe's. Schiller's work was highely influenced by Goethe's. They befriended and created a mutual bound, a spiritual bound which helped them to create the books of our time. The one it is worth returning to. The crrespondence between those two was frequent and profound. ''(...)What ...

The history of the Balkans has always been filled with bloody conflicts, underpinned among all by incomprehensive notions, yet, despite it, each of them changed the shape of Europe, European thinking and the way the Western Europe perceived its Eastern counterpart. The region was born throughout the wars and throughout the uneasy times, the oppression started aggression, the vicious circle.   ''(...) in December 1991 Serbs voted against Bosnia's seceding from Yugoslavia in a referendum largely boycotted by Muslims and Croats.  Capitalizing on the results of the referendum, Serb nationalist politicians declared their own state in Bosnia, the Republika Srbska (...)''   Centuries layered upon, till the end of the game. Hence, there was no end, at all.   ''(...) Before the war, no place on earth  made her feel safer than Srebrenica.   Camila's father had been a locksmith and her mother a housewife. After high school, she had journeyed to Tuzla - the largest ...