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In 1985, the largely pro-Israel Ronald Reagan went to Bitburg cemetery where SS officers were buried despite massive amounts of controversy, why?

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To what extent were the far-right paramilitaries in the Colombian conflict actually politically conservative rather than just being narco-terrorists looking to profit from the chaos?

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The term, "tariff" came to Europe through the Ottoman Turkish word, "taʿrife, ('list of prices; table of the rates of customs'). What did tariff policy look like across different periods of the Ottoman Empire's history?

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Was it completely unheard of for Gentiles to convert to Judaism during the Third Reich? If not, how did it happen?

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What are the practical boundaries of declaring oneself a Holocaust survivor? Say someone's born to Jewish parents in Berlin within a week of Nazi Germany's dissolution. Would it be in poor taste when they're older to identify as such?

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In 1985, the largely pro-Israel Ronald Reagan went to Bitburg cemetery where SS officers were buried despite massive amounts of controversy, why?	59
To what extent were the far-right paramilitaries in the Colombian conflict actually politically conservative rather than just being narco-terrorists looking to profit from the chaos?	9
The term, "tariff" came to Europe through the Ottoman Turkish word, "taʿrife, ('list of prices; table of the rates of customs'). What did tariff policy look like across different periods of the Ottoman Empire's history?	2
Was it completely unheard of for Gentiles to convert to Judaism during the Third Reich? If not, how did it happen?	2
What are the practical boundaries of declaring oneself a Holocaust survivor? Say someone's born to Jewish parents in Berlin within a week of Nazi Germany's dissolution. Would it be in poor taste when they're older to identify as such?	0