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In the movie “Nuremberg”, when footage of the Holocaust is shown during the trial, there is pin-drop silence in the courtroom. Then one judge abruptly gets up to leave and vomit, followed by the rest. Is this dramatization or did the Allies have this strong of a gut reaction to the Holocaust?

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How far did the Roman Empire's reputation reach? Did the Japanese know about it? Sub-saharan Africans? Malaysians?

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After invading Constantinople, Mehmed II declared himself "Caesar of Rome" and the Ottomans aggressively claimed they were the natural heirs of the Roman Empire. Did they take any steps to play this up and create "similarities" to Rome?

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In the movie “Nuremberg”, when footage of the Holocaust is shown during the trial, there is pin-drop silence in the courtroom. Then one judge abruptly gets up to leave and vomit, followed by the rest. Is this dramatization or did the Allies have this strong of a gut reaction to the Holocaust?	4587
How far did the Roman Empire's reputation reach? Did the Japanese know about it? Sub-saharan Africans? Malaysians?	245
After invading Constantinople, Mehmed II declared himself "Caesar of Rome" and the Ottomans aggressively claimed they were the natural heirs of the Roman Empire. Did they take any steps to play this up and create "similarities" to Rome?	8