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A post on /r/todayilearned talks of John Rabe, a high-ranking Nazi that saved 200,000 people during the Rape of Nanking. Is it known what his views on Jews and their persecution in his home country were?
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Were the Kulak farmers, murdered in the USSR for their relative affluence, viewed as being part of the bourgeoisie by the Soviet regime or was this mere rethoric used to justify the collectivization of their farmland? If so, how was this reconciled with the leaderships' own affluence?
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What was the initial reaction to the sport of skydiving when people first starting doing it? How and when was it normalised to the point that it now is seen as perfectly normal to jump out of a plane in your free time?
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I've been told that under Lenin, the USSR made huge advancements in many respects including living standard, human rights and industrial capabilities. How were these things initially affected after the communists took control?
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