/u/Catsdontpaytaxes's posts in /r/askhistorians
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Did Jacqueline Kennedy ever comment, in public or private, on her feelings about her husbands infielidity?
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In to kill a mocking bird Mayella Ewell accuses a black man of taking advantage of her. How likely would a white southerner make public such an issue at the risk of tainting her good name and destroy any future prospects of a white marriage (1933-1935)?
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How much of an influence has the effects of the holocaust had culturally on the non Jewish victims, i.e. The homosexual community, priests, gypsie/Roma people, mentally and physically disabled, communists, trad unionists, Jehovah's witnesses, Poles, Slavic people and Black people?
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During The Great War when the order of the feather were 'motivating' young men to sign up, how were their activities received?
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During WW2 what was the difference between giving a hitler salute or a standard military salute for german soldiers?
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What was considered the true meaning of the pre-Christain winter festival that we know as Christmas today?
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Did 13/14th century european foot soldiers employ a buddy system to avoid being stabbed in the back during a melee?
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