About | Privacy Policy | Advertising| Editorial | Contact Us Subscribe | Login Marlene Brakhane                       Undergraduate School and Major: University of Paderborn Employers and Job Titles Since Graduation: Deutsche Bank AG Securitized Markets Trader on Foreign Exchange and Commodities what advice do you have for applicants who are preparing for either the GMAT or the GRE Take time to practice and prepare yourself to finish the test It is not only necessary to learn and know all the concepts and tricks but also essential to be quick and confident in using them Answering a question incorrectly will hurt you but not as much as leaving the question unanswered will what advice do you have for applicants who are trying to draw up a list of target schools to which to apply Do not choose a school only because of its prestige and ranking since it is not necessarily related to the real value of what it has to offer for you Take time and effort to reflect on your career objectives and personal goals As the saying goes: It is not just a question of whether you fit with a school’s character you should be able to tell which schools feel right for you What advice do you have for applicants in actually applying to a school and getting recommenders to write letters on your behalf Take time to reflect and let your personality show on your application what makes you different from the thousands of others applying and what value you would bring to an MBA class Make sure your message is consistent and that you show your uniqueness to the admission committee on every single stage of the application process What led you to choose this program for your full-time MBA HEC Paris profiles itself as a career changer and has implemented an unique “hunter/explorer” approach but excited to use the MBA experience to consider various career paths The MBA program at HEC offers me the opportunity to transform and possibly change position HEC Paris plays a central role in European business with an outstanding alumni network It is known to educate Europe’s top executives and political elite and has many notable alumni in business and politics Since I aspire to work in the European market after graduation HEC is located in the cultural heart of Europe – Paris Having spent half a year in France during school I have always had the deep desire to come back What would you ultimately like to achieve before you graduate I want to leave my comfort zone behind and push my personal boundaries learn as much as I can from as many people as I can and find a niche or a specific field I want to specialize in I hope to feel confident and ready for whatever the world has in store for me once I graduate Our Partner Sites: Poets&Quants for Execs | Poets&Quants for Undergrads | Tipping the Scales | We See Genius Website Design By: Yellowfarmstudios.com Sign In Register Elementary and secondary school students in qathet region and Comox Valley school districts have been learning about the Second World War holocaust from Peter Uhlmann whose family was affected by the mass extermination of Jewish people Uhlmann connected with his family history when he was visiting Europe as a tai chi student His brother had previously travelled to Europe and had visited the town in northern Germany Uhlmann decided to follow in his brother’s footsteps and visit the town “My brother had found a local person who showed him around and various other features,” said Uhlmann “This man had served in the German army but became a person who happened to develop a whole remembrance situation for Jewish families who had lived in that community and that got Uhlmann interested in researching his family more deeply “My parents died when I was in my early 20s and they never really talked much about the situation of their families in Germany,” said Uhlmann including to the town where my mother is from.” Uhlmann went back recently with family members and made some new contacts “We’ve had new people showing us around,” said Uhlmann “It has been a reconciliation because but they have tried very hard to make amends my mother’s community invited us for the 70th anniversary of what was known as the Crystal Night [Kristallnacht] where violence was perpetrated against Jewish people on November 9 and 10 Uhlmann said monuments to those killed in the holocaust have since been erected and a lot has been done to make up for what happened Based on his experiences in Europe and his research who retired from his work as a psychiatrist a year ago “I hit upon the idea of making some presentations to schools here in Powell River,” said Uhlmann and making sure I avoided all current political issues and I will give you some history of the family.’ I tell the students what happened to my family and how things are getting better with reconciliation.” Uhlmann said he has spoken to grade six and seven students in elementary schools here as well as having spoken to several classes at Brooks Secondary School he went over to Vancouver Island and spoke to grade sixes and sevens over there “The response I receive from the teachers is very enthusiastic and the response from students has been great,” said Uhlmann He said each presentation to students is different largely because of the different questions that students ask Uhlmann has assembled a large collection of photographs that he projects during his presentations in the classrooms His presentation starts with a group photo of his parents and relatives at his parents’ marriage Uhlmann points out a number of family members and tells stories about them One of the people in the photo is one of his grandmothers “She ended up in a concentration camp and was murdered in the concentration camp,” said Uhlmann who was taken to Warsaw and died in a Warsaw ghetto.” Uhlmann points to a family member who was taken to a concentration camp but managed to be bought out He travelled to the United States and became a US citizen Another uncle managed to escape and get to San Francisco Uhlmann also mentions his two Jewish uncles who died in the First World War I mention that my grandmother’s sons died fighting for the Germans and she ends up in a German concentration camp,” said Uhlmann He also shows photographs of places like the house where his father grew up “We knocked on the door and said hello to the fellow,” said Uhlmann “I hope he didn’t think we were trying to take the house back.” Uhlmann’s photographs also take on a more sombre note going past memorials to Jewish people who were killed commemorative walls with thousands of names of Jewish people who died as a result of the holocaust He also shows a photo of the grave of young diarist Anne Frank and her sister Margot Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the age of 16 He then shows a photo of a mass grave in which Jewish people were buried Uhlmann’s parents and his brothers were able to escape the fate of some of his other family members quit his job in Germany when Adolph Hitler became Germany’s chancellor “They chose to leave Germany,” said Uhlmann “They travelled around Europe and into Türkiye and my father had various jobs as a physician.” Uhlmann’s father ended up being invited to a conference in Chicago and was later invited by a hospital to join the staff Uhlmann said it is important to keep the story of the holocaust alive. Any teacher wanting Uhlmann to bring his presentation to their classroom can contact him at [email protected] Uhlmann will also be giving his presentation to the public It will be at 2 pm on May 31 at Powell River Public Library ALSO SEE: Bilster Berg Circuit Opening In Germany As Nürburgring Struggles LEARN MORE: 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo Revealed: Video And Full Specs DON'T MISS: 2013 McLaren MP4-12C Spider: Track Day and lodging during the course of this first drive and pretends he's a tourist to get better treatment in Germany Afghan-born comedian Passun AzhandFoto: Paulina HildesheimBerlin-Passun Azhand is a Berlin comedian who performs in both English and German He fled from Afghanistan to Germany with his family when he was eight They first stayed with his uncle in Berlin before seeking asylum and settling in Bad Driburg in western Germany a comedy show on public broadcaster ZDF airing 2 July he discusses his life and art with German comedian Kaya Yanar Berliner Zeitung: How did you get the Heroes gig Comedians like Freddi Gralle and Kawus Kalantar and Daniel Wolfson were in it and I think they recommended me as a host I did my comedy thing and then the production company was interested because of my story “So who’s your German hero?” and I don’t have many German heroes “Is there a way you could get Bill Burr to come over?” They said I need to find a German comedian The only thing I can remember is Kaya being on Was guckst du as a family being very fresh in Bad Driburg immigrants are allowed to be the centre of attention I didn’t think I wanted to be a comedian but I wanted to be in show business My father worked for the Afghan government and we fled when the Russians pulled out My dad is a Social Democrat – he was actually a Communist but turned into a Social Democrat – so the United States was never an option Our emigration had different stages because my parents kind of were hoping they could go back But after seven or eight months – we were in Budapest – we were actually planning to go to the Balaton for two days because we had been through so much We were going to stay in tents on the lake and just have fun That was the night the Afghan president was executed by the mujahideen For my parents there was then no going back The next day we left from Budapest to Berlin One of the first things I saw when I woke up in Berlin was the TV tower Do you think of yourself as Afghan or German I use my background when I’m surrounded by other people who have a certain background but I’m a proper German We came from the second league of nationalities to the elite I never had a patriotic thing towards Afghanistan My dad was a Communist and an intellectual and my mom was a teacher for Persian literature I’m realising now it was really difficult for them if you’re from Afghanistan this is a completely different place They also realised we spoke the language and they didn’t so we became like a family company: we had to communicate and they gave us the strategy Are mangoes the Pakistani answer to Spargel What I get is like when you go to a supermarket and you have someone in front of you - let’s say it’s a young white lady - you see the small talk between the person working in the supermarket and that person My initial thought is I’m either too big or too dark It’s certain little things that I don’t care about anymore I have a joke that when I’m in certain parts of Germany I don’t speak German I don’t have a German accent so they instantly think I’m a tourist this is a tourist who’s gonna fuck off in a few days I usually fall asleep on airplanes – and I woke up because it was shaking So I woke up and I turned on the the screens to see where I was and I was exactly over Kabul I felt like I was supposed to wake up to realise: hey And then I had the deepest sleep I ever had and when I woke up The Berliner Zeitung English Edition weekly newsletter SUPPORT OUR JOURNALISM: Please consider donating to keep our website running and free for all - thank you Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands – or Queen Beatrix as she was known between 1980 and 2013 – has suffered yet another loss when her youngest sister Princess Christina died yesterday. Since 2002 she has had to say goodbye to her husband Prince Claus her parents Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard [getty src="458842720" width="537" height="594"] Princess Beatrix first met Claus von Amsberg on New Year’s Eve 1962 in Bad Driburg at a dinner hosted by the Count von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff despite strong anti-German feelings among the Dutch population because of the Second World War he ended up becoming one of the most popular members of the Dutch Royal Family – winning hearts with his easy-going attitude Prince Claus died on 6 October 2002 from Parkinson’s disease and heart failure at the age of 76 [getty src="113942858" width="594" height="397"] Princess Beatrix’s parents Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard first met at the 1936 Winter Olympics and Princess Juliana fell deeply in love – even seeing past Prince Bernhard’s extramarital affairs which produced several illegitimate children – and the pair were married on 7 January 1937 They went on to have four children together: Beatrix (1938) Princess Juliana became Queen Juliana when her mother and she would reign until her own abdication in 1980 Juliana’s health deteriorated and she suffered from dementia she was no longer able to recognise her family Princess Juliana died in her sleep on 20 March 2004 at the age of 94 Prince Bernhard himself was not well at all [getty src="51811083" width="541" height="594"] After a decade of quiet the unthinkable happened during the family’s annual winter trip to Lech in Austria Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche for 25 minutes It was unclear if he would ever regain consciousness Prince Friso was moved back to Huis ten Bosch where he died a month later He had a private funeral and was buried at Lage Vuursche [getty src="176627268" width="594" height="378"] And now comes the death of her youngest sister Princess Christina One can only imagine what Beatrix – and her family – are going through right now Archive List > British Army Archive List > D-Day+ 1944 Archive List > World > France Cyril Patrick Crean was the youngest of four sons of a Dublin barrister who were educated at Belvedere College was a surgeon who won the Victoria Cross in the Boer War and the DSO in WWI and served as a curate in several Dublin parishes He joined the British Army as a Roman Catholic Chaplain in 1941 and jokingly always laid the blame for his fallen arches on a parachute jump from an airplane during his military training when he landed heavily on rough ground and landed on D-Day on Juno Beach at Bernieres-sur-Mers He was awarded the MBE on 24 January 1946 he was made curate of the Parish of the Sacred Heart In 1955 he was appointed Head Chaplain of the Irish Forces because of his wartime experiences In 1960 he accompanied the 32nd Battalion of the Irish Army to the Congo He returned to the Congo with the Irish troops in 1962 for a second tour of duty In September 1962 he retired from the Irish Army and was appointed Parish Priest of Donnybrook In June 1973 he celebrated the fortieth Anniversary of his Ordination The Citation for his MBE reads as follows: "Father Crean has been the Roman Catholic Senior Chaplain within 1 Corps throughout the campaign in North West Europe he has always been on the best of terms with all ranks He has never spared himself in his work and had afforded great assistance and comfort to many He has made constant visits to the wounded often in advanced medical posts and has throughout shown great keenness and organizing ability in arranging clubs and rest rooms which have not been confined to those of his own creed During the early days of the bridgehead he did invaluable work in locating the burial places and identifying the bodies of unknown airmen who had crashed and had been reported missing This work voluntarily undertaken by him must have been of inestimable comfort to the airmen’s next of kin He has been a strong rock to those of his own flock and has throughout taken the greatest interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the troops He has set a very fine example and has made a great contribution to the happiness and wellbeing of the men" Here I am sitting in my tent and it is still broad daylight Overhead there is a plane droning - one of ours Not far away our guns are firing and apart from that one might as well be in the Phoenix Park After 16 days of this second Front thank God I am safe and well We are in France as you know and everything is going well I am overwhelmed with chaps all clamouring for the comforts of the Faith and I must say whatever dangers there may be and there are some of course I have been up to the front quite a lot and been shelled once God is Good and though sometimes things get a bit hot at night I don’t feel the least bit depressed or strained and as must be expected I have had several casualties amongst them but only one fatal I live in a tent and sleep in a slit trench We have unwelcome visitors some nights and it is safer below ground In a nearby town we have a gorgeous Church in which I say Mass for the lads at 6.30 every evening and they simply flock to it The French priests are grand and I manage to carry on quite a brisk conversation with them They are so delighted with the soldiers the way they come to Mass There is a Major Rathbone here from Dublin who has become a great pal of mine He loves talking about Dublin and we stroll about in the evening talking about all the old characters of Dublin He used to live on Palmerston Road years ago (where the Crean family lived) I have had the most amazing experiences some of them gruesome and sad; others frightening and some just exciting Through them all thank God I have kept my old spirits and am enjoying it as much as anyone could enjoy such a grim business I hope you and the family are very well and not forgetting me in your prayers Of course I did not expect to yet but I haven’t heard from anybody since D-Day and Moira (his brother and sister) written late in May The trip over in that enormous convoy was a thrilling sight I shall never forget my feelings when I stepped out of the landing craft to go ashore I waded in with the rest with all my kit on my back from about knee depth You can’t fully imagine it and I shall not try to describe it here I had a great deal of travelling to do and tear along the French roads in my truck up to the front line often with relief chaplains etc Everywhere the boys are delighted to see the priest and always wave a welcome to you I have a grand team of priests and all have been heroes and still are The nights are a bit trying but thank God they don’t get me down and I get quite a lot of sleep My Irish batman is a treasure as nothing frightens him and I can rely on him to drive through anything they can put over us I met lots of my old friends here since we came over and am always running into people I know in odd sorts of places How is Moira (his sister and my mother) I do hope the face is much better I am eagerly awaiting news of you all and long for the day when this is over and won What a party it will be when I get home again Really life is so full now that the only time I get for letters is as night and then I feel too tired to write Thank God so far I have managed to copy with everything including casualties amongst the chaplains and I honestly think the men in this show got every possible chance in the matter of their Sacraments Now Da you must forgive me if I have a one track mind just now I never cease thinking of you all at home and wondering how you are You must keep the home fires metaphorically burning at least till we get back Give her my very best regards (his stepmother) I met Desmond Murphy the other day and we went up together to see the things D.S.O.) and by now she will know I am in France Has Ros (sister) returned to Cork by now tell her I will write very soon Did I tell you my new Patron “Good King Wenceslas” because the dear gentleman looked out The food is absolutely grand and we get a daily slab of chocolate and sweets Everything is grand and we are getting towards the end managed to write quite a few letters home during his WW2 experiences Amongst those I possess is one dated 12 August 1944 a Dublin priest,in which he describes landing on D-Day his housekeeper contacted me and asked if I was interested in having my uncle’s letters back “ I landed on D-day in water waist deep and waded ashore into the midst of the most incredible sight in history The fleet of ships was terrific and my first sight of France was of a Church steeple with a hole clean through the side of it — a German plane appeared and as if by magic six of ours were on his tail and down he came.” Like a lot of other soldiers who survived WW2 he very rarely spoke about it so his letters home are a very precious insight into what really happened on that day in June 1944 © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 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