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Were there any programs for orphans of the Holocaust to be adopted by families of Jewish or non Jewish descent? Where did the orphans go in the immediate aftermath of liberation?

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How did communist countries view Jimmy Hoffa?

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Was there an effort by Wehrmacht officers to avoid areas with concentration camps when retreating west in the final years of WWII to avoid their soldiers seeing the atrocities?

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What was the reaction in the Soviet Union to Khrushchev’s “On the Cult of Personality and it’s Consequences” speech?

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How were most low level Nazi war criminals (like John Demjanjuk) discovered/recognized when they adopted a new alias or went to a different country?

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Was there any significance to signing the Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month or did it just sorta sound cool?

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How did Soviet propaganda shift from communism to patriotism in WWII? How did it shift back after the war?

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What’s the leading theory among historians about Hitler’s “missing year” of 1912-1913?

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What role, if any, did the Soviet Union play in promoting the counter culture movements of the 60’s and political punk rock of the 80’s in the West?

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Has there ever been a “successful” genocide— a genocide where everyone member of a people was destroyed? If not, which genocides came the closest to destroying an entire people?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were there any programs for orphans of the Holocaust to be adopted by families of Jewish or non Jewish descent? Where did the orphans go in the immediate aftermath of liberation?	605
How did communist countries view Jimmy Hoffa?	34
Was there an effort by Wehrmacht officers to avoid areas with concentration camps when retreating west in the final years of WWII to avoid their soldiers seeing the atrocities?	9
What was the reaction in the Soviet Union to Khrushchev’s “On the Cult of Personality and it’s Consequences” speech?	3
How were most low level Nazi war criminals (like John Demjanjuk) discovered/recognized when they adopted a new alias or went to a different country?	3
Was there any significance to signing the Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month or did it just sorta sound cool?	1
How did Soviet propaganda shift from communism to patriotism in WWII? How did it shift back after the war?	1
What’s the leading theory among historians about Hitler’s “missing year” of 1912-1913?	1
What role, if any, did the Soviet Union play in promoting the counter culture movements of the 60’s and political punk rock of the 80’s in the West?	1
Has there ever been a “successful” genocide— a genocide where everyone member of a people was destroyed? If not, which genocides came the closest to destroying an entire people?	0