The document discusses New Year's Eve celebrations and traditions in Germany and Norway, as well as the historical background of New Year's Eve and Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Germany, New Year's Eve traditions include lead pouring, fireworks, ringing in the new year at midnight, and watching the television show "Dinner for One". In Norway, children's and adult television programming are part of the official celebrations, while personal celebrations involve friends, dinner, and watching fireworks. The Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and involves ceremonies like wreath laying and observances in parliament.

1. New Year’s Eve

2. Historical background - Germany
• People were afraid of ghosts
• Want to chase the ghosts
• Fire is a symbol against a unknown force

3. Official celebration - Germany
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Lead pouring
Firework and firecracker
Touch glasses at 12 p.m.
Rummelpottlaufen

4. Personal celebration - Germany
• Celebrate with friends
• Made firework
• Watch new years television shows
- Dinner for one

5. Historical background
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Silvester’s day
1582
31 December
Death of Pope Sylvester in 335
Last day of the year

6. Official celebration - Norway
• Children
• Adults
• On television

7. Personal celebration - Norway
• Friends
• Dinner
• Watch the firework

8. The holocaust rememberence day
-1945-

9. Historical background
• 27 of january 1945 red army came to
Auschwitz
• Realising of 7500 people
• Commamorate the victims
• 1996 public holiday

10. Official celebration
• Flag half-mast
• Wreath laying ceremony
• Commamoration in the parliament

11. Personal celebration
• No celebration
• Doesn`t matter for young people
• Many people were not effected

12. Sources
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http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nytt%C3%A5rsaften
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I
Picture,firework:https://www.google.no/search?q=
http://guru.sol.no/node/44554
http://americanschnitzel.blogspot.no/
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/jan/30/hospit
al-ghost-derby
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reliquary_of_Pope_Sylve
ster_I_PEAE_Zadar.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
• http://www.erinnern.at/bundeslaender/oesterreich/gede
nktage/27.-jaenner

13. • http://www.reisemarie.com/Fotos/2/552Holocaust-Mahnmal.jpg
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_f%C3%
BCr_die_ermordeten_Juden_Europas