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How long did it take for Jews in hiding to start revealing themselves at the end of WW2 and what was their reception?

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Lithuania is very proud of its Jewish history, yet it's current Jewish population is very small. Why didn't they attempt to reestablish their foothold in Jewish culture after the war?

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How is it that Europeans developed tools to expand rapidly in only a few thousand years, while peoples in other parts of the world remained technologically "primitive" for tens of thousands of years?

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After WW2 much of the world's remaining Jewish population had been spread across the rest of the planet. Were there efforts to bring the Jewish population back to Europe? Why didn't the majority of the Jewish population return to Europe after the war?

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Other than the Order of the Golden Fleece, what ancient guilds or societies still operate and how much power do they actually have anymore?

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At what point was the current calendar system universally accepted and how did that happen? Was there resistance?

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As an East German during the Soviet Occupation, people lived a very structured and censored life compared to the other side of the Berlin Wall. How did West Germans perceive expatriated East Germans at the time and was there opportunity for them "on the other side"?

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How long did it take for Jews in hiding to start revealing themselves at the end of WW2 and what was their reception?	4019
Lithuania is very proud of its Jewish history, yet it's current Jewish population is very small. Why didn't they attempt to reestablish their foothold in Jewish culture after the war?	3
How is it that Europeans developed tools to expand rapidly in only a few thousand years, while peoples in other parts of the world remained technologically "primitive" for tens of thousands of years?	2
After WW2 much of the world's remaining Jewish population had been spread across the rest of the planet. Were there efforts to bring the Jewish population back to Europe? Why didn't the majority of the Jewish population return to Europe after the war?	2
Other than the Order of the Golden Fleece, what ancient guilds or societies still operate and how much power do they actually have anymore?	1
At what point was the current calendar system universally accepted and how did that happen? Was there resistance?	1
As an East German during the Soviet Occupation, people lived a very structured and censored life compared to the other side of the Berlin Wall. How did West Germans perceive expatriated East Germans at the time and was there opportunity for them "on the other side"?	1