EHTNJ Schools - HS German National Honor Society Redux

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Egg Harbor Township High School is proud to present In the Heights, the electrifying, Tony Award–winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes. Performances will take place on March 13, 14, and 15 in the school’s Performing Arts Center.

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AP 4 Reading - the lessons from the historical biography of Studenten gegen Hi**er continues to be relevant and meaningful today

„Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst und die Weiße Rose“: Lesung und Gespräch

20. November, 19 Uhr: NS-Dokumentationszentrum, Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1, München

Die Historikerin Christiane Moll beschäftigt sich in ihrer politischen Doppelbiographie mit dem Leben von Alexander Schmorell und Christoph Probst. Sie schildert die ab 1935 miteinander verwobenen Lebenswege der Freunde, ihre persönliche Entwicklung und ihren Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus im Kreis der Weißen Rose.
Im NS-Dokumentationszentrum liest die Autorin aus der Biographie. Im Anschluss findet ein Gespräch statt mit der Autorin, Marie Schmidt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, und Maximilian Probst, Enkel von Christoph Probst und Vorstandsmitglied der Weiße Rose Stiftung.

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Eine Veranstaltung des NS-Dokumentationszentrums München, der Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand und der Weiße Rose Stiftung.

Foto: Ausschnitt des Buchcovers "Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst und die Weiße Rose", erschienen im Januar 2025

Pre K Halloween 🎃 Parade … the Germans love a parade !

GNHS at Open House 2025

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HN 3 Märchen Gebrüder Grimm

The story of Snow White as told in its original recorded form by the Brothers Grimm in the early nineteenth century is far darker than the later versions that became popular through adaptations like Disney’s film.

First published in Grimm’s Fairy Tales in 1812, the tale included disturbing details that reflected the grim tone of much European folklore.

In the Grimm version, the Evil Queen’s jealousy drives her not only to order Snow White’s death but also to demand proof of it. She instructs the huntsman to kill the young girl and bring back her liver and lungs.

The huntsman, unable to carry out the deed, spares Snow White and instead presents the queen with the organs of a wild animal. Believing them to be Snow White’s, the queen cooks and eats them, convinced she has destroyed her rival.

Snow White, however, survives and finds refuge with the seven dwarfs. The queen, upon discovering she is still alive, makes repeated attempts on her life, using a poisoned comb, a suffocating bodice, and finally a poisoned apple, which succeeds in sending Snow White into her deathlike sleep.

When Snow White is revived and eventually marries the prince, the tale ends not with forgiveness but with punishment. The Evil Queen is invited to the wedding, where she is forced to wear red-hot iron shoes and dance until she collapses and dies.

This brutal ending, common in early folklore, underscored the severe retribution awaiting those who committed cruelty and envy.



Sources:
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812 edition);
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm translated by Jack Zipes;
German Folklore Society archives.

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