https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz en-us 2018-08-15 18:14:30 UTC 2025-11-09 21:45:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316345 The Taliban is still lingering in Pakistan today, but they are not as prominent as they have been in the past.]]> 2018-08-15 18:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316345 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316389 Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and lives in Birmingham as of right now. She is still an advocate for girl's right to education in Pakistan and all around the world.]]> 2018-08-15 18:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316389 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316413 On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head by a man from the Taliban on the way home from school because she publicly opposed their beliefs. ]]> 2018-08-15 18:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273316413 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273317031 On May 5, 1945, Holland was liberated from the Nazis, and if Anne and her sister had survived for only a few more days, they would have made it through the war.]]> 2018-08-15 18:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273317031 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318174 While her story is horrifying, it is not unique. Anne is one of thousands to have died there, and her story reminds us of the horrifying events of the Holocaust.]]> 2018-08-15 18:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318174 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318515 There were also air raids from the Nazis, beginning before Holland was officially "taken over." It was terrible for the victims of the attacks and the people that could only stand by and watch.]]> 2018-08-15 18:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318515 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318536  Anne and her family went into hiding, and were isolated from the rest of the world with only one other family for three years. All except her father died at  concentration camps in 1945.]]> 2018-08-15 18:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318536 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318976 When Maulana Fazlullah said that girls should not go to school on his radio show, Malala Yousafzai knew that this could not be right. She took a stand for women's education in her home country (Pakistan), and published her diary about life under the watch of the Taliban, whose Pashtun "leader" was Fazlullah himself. The diary became wildly popular around the world, and was her first well known stand for girls' education.]]> 2018-08-15 18:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318976 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318986 One of the most significant things that happened in Holland was the Dutch Famine, more commonly known as the "Hunger Winter." It devastated Holland from November of 1944 to April of 1945. While there is no official toll, there were and estimated 18,000 dead. ]]> 2018-08-15 18:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273318986 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319000 In May of 1940, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, changing eleven-year-old Anne Frank's life forever. All of her cousins, uncles, and aunts were killed, just for being Jewish! When her sister Margot was called to a concentration camp two years later, Anne's family knew that they had to do something about it.]]> 2018-08-15 18:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319000 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319018 2018-08-15 18:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319018 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319030 2018-08-15 18:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319030 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319039 2018-08-15 18:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319039 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319052 2018-08-15 18:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273319052 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273618027 2018-08-16 23:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273618027 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273620647 2018-08-16 23:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273620647 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273630866 In the early 90's, an Islam extremist group that called themselves "the Taliban" emerged from Northern Pakistan. The Taliban believed that women should not go to school, along with many other things that challenge the culture of today, and they would kill anyone who publicly opposed them, but some survived. Malala Yousafzai is one of those survivors.]]> 2018-08-17 01:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273630866 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273630929 The Taliban bombed pretty much anything they could, but especially girl's schools and churches that spoke out against them.]]> 2018-08-17 01:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273630929 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273632191 2018-08-17 01:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273632191 blindberg1 https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273919153 2018-08-19 18:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/blindberg1/fa35l3sun1sz/wish/273919153