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What historical reasons did the Nazis give for hating the Jews? How did they identify non-practicing Jews?
What historical or cultural reasons did the Nazis give for hating the Jews? Did they ever accurately and precisely identify non-practicing Jews?
I asked Jewish culture differences singled out by Nazism? on Judaism SE and they said that for a secular…
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How did the Soviets decide what to annex in WW2?
During and after World War II Soviet Union annexed some countries while others eventually became member states of the Warsaw Pact.
What is known about how the Soviets made the decisions about which countries to annex and which were to remain more or…
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Were soldiers in the World Wars paid?
There have always been professional soldiers however during the world wards there were vast conscription to encourage young men to join up for "King and Country".
Presumably there was some sort of financial remuneration for these men? Even if they…
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How to research controversial history?
I wouldn't be naming the specific examples as that might (will) needlessly divert the attention away from the question itself.
Let us say I am trying to research about historical events in a region. That events have multiple narratives given by…
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How much is known about the Punic language (of classical Carthage)?
How much is known of the Carthaginian language, which as I understand it is called Punic and descended from Phoenician? Google searches show some sketches of alphabet characters and such, but do we know enough to be able to learn it as a viable…
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Rommel's letter to his wife from November 16, 1942
I'm looking for the original German version of Erwin Rommel's letter to his wife Lucie Rommel from November 16, 1942. You can find the English translation on page 354 of "The Rommel Papers". The English translation starts like this:
Dearest Lu,…
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Was German ever an official language in the USSR?
What can be said about historical perspective of this document, seemingly composed in German?
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Colonisation of India: Which regions of the United Kingdom did colonial personnel come from?
I'm a linguist doing research on the emergence of new dialects of English spoken in former colonies, especially India. These new dialects have two major influences: (1) Interference from the mother tongues of the learners (colonised), and (2) input…
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Were any drugs (except alcohol) forbidden during medieval or ancient times?
I assume that some drugs where known to humanity in some way or other for a long time, but I think actually prohibiting certain drugs would require a state that (for reasons of morals, public health, public order) cares for the pharmaceutical…
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What English company founded in the 1200s filed for bankruptcy in the 2000s?
I heard a news story about an English company that had been successful since about 1200 and filed for bankruptcy in the last ten years. I heard it reported on NPR's Morning Edition, in early spring of 2004 I believe. I'm quite good at using Google,…
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Spanish-American war from Spain's perspective?
What did the Spanish-American war look like from Spain's perspective? Did the general population support the war? What were the reasons why Spain lost, was the general public aware of these reasons during/after the war, and what did they do about…
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Bow shape of WW1 warships
As ship's bow is designed to break the waves, the physics (something like hydrokinetics) makes it should look like a wedge. And it really is, if we look from above. This should be also kept if look from side.
This is a picture of the bow of a modern…
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How much of an impact did the Roman emperors' civil wars have on their decision to debase the coinage?
From Adrian Goldsworthy's How Rome Fell: "Civil war remained a common event, ...the economy collapsed, as successive emperors massively devalued the coinage to pay for their wars."
Other sources say the emperors debased the coinage to pay soldiers…
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Has history mistreated Nero?
Nero is (wrongly) "known" as the Emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned." But he did kill a number of prominent people, including his own mother. He is treated by much of history as a psychopath, and most contemporaries of note disliked him.…
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How were small swords worn in the 18th century?
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How was the small sword (or dress sword) fastened to the body?
What are the different ways of wearing it?
Looking at many drawings from this period, a good bunch of them depicts men with small swords. But it is hard to notice how…
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