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Deutsche Kolonialhaus
The German Colonial House (; 1986–1914) was a German company of the Berlin merchant Bruno Antelmann for products from the German colonies. It had its headquarters at Jerusalemer Strasse 28, but, in 1903, it was moved to Lützowstraße 89-90, Berlin-Tiergarten. History In the 1880s, Bruno Antelmann opened a grocery store at Jerusalemer Strasse 28 in the Friedrichswerder neighborhood of Berlin. Soon after the first German colonies were founded, Antelmann specialized in goods from "German cultivation". In 1896, Bruno Antelmann was a leader in the field of colonial goods in Germany and so he ran his own sales stand at the ''1st German Colonial Exhibition'' in Treptow. In 1900, in addition to Berlin, the German Colonial House had branches in Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Kassel, Munich and Wiesbaden, and there were more than 400 sales outlets in other German cities. In 1903, the large German Colonial House was built at Lützowstraße 89-90. The architecture wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
