Case Studies
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Speak Up, Speak Out Theme Paper for Younger Readers
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HMD 2012 - Welsh Translation Case Study - Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Ganed Ludwig Guttmann ar y 3ydd o Orffennaf 1899 i deulu o Iddewon Uniongred yng Ngogledd-Ddwyrain yr Almaen. Roedd Guttmann yn blentyn egnïol, roedd yn hoff iawn o chwaraeon ac yn ystod ei ieuenctid roedd yn un o arweinwyr y Sgowtiaid. Roedd hefyd yn alluog, yn ddisgybl delfrydol a oedd â diddordeb mewn hanes ond roedd ganddo uchelgais gref i fod yn feddyg.
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HMD 2012 - Welsh Translation Case Study - Brian Steidle
Dywedodd ei farn ar yr hyn a welodd yn Darfur.
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HMD 2012 - Steven Frank
Steven Frank was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 1940 when he was five years old the Nazis invaded and occupied the country. His life and that of his two brothers changed very quickly because they were Jewish. His parents were not religious and thought of their identity as Dutch (although his mother was from England), but to the Nazis that made no difference.
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HMD 2012 - Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Sir Ludwig Guttmann spoke up for the rights of disabled people, and was the founder of the Paralympic Games. He fled Nazi Germany and came to the UK, where he set up the first spinal cord injury centre in Stoke Mandeville.
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HMD 2012 - Pierre Seel
Pierre Seel was born on 16 August 1923 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France. He was the youngest of five sons and his parents ran a patisserie in the town. Alsace is a region in France very close to the German border. The region had been fought over by the two countries more than once and had been considered the property of both. It is a strong Catholic area and the Seel family were regular church followers.
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HMD 2012 - Lord Owen
Lord Owen spoke out at the trial of Slobodan Milošević.
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HMD 2012 - Jean-Louis and Marie Rose
Marie Rose and Jean Louis are two people whose lives were changed forever in 1994 by horrible events. They are not connected in any way other than by those events and by their bravery today.
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HMD 2012 - Chum Mey
Cambodia is a country in South East Asia. In the middle of the 20th century it stopped being a French colony and groups within Cambodia competed for control. In addition to internal problems, Cambodia also suffered because of the instability that existed in the countries neighbouring it – Vietnam and Thailand.
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HMD 2012 - Brian Steidle
Spoke out about what he witnessed in Darfur.