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I've read that shortly after Ramón Mercader attacked him, Lenin told his Guards "Don't kill this man, he has a story to tell". Is this true?
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Before WWII there was a migration of German Jewish Physicists/Scientists abroad, notably to the US. After WWII the allies imported a lot of Nazi Scientists/Engineers. Were there any awkward encounters or special precautions around mixing these two groups in the work they were doing?
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Did Wealth Only Come From Inheritance in Medieval Europe? Would It Have Been Possible For a Poor Person to Become Wealthy?
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How was history taught prior to the 20th century? What books and other source materials were used in school classrooms and university lecture halls in America, England, and Scotland, if any? Who wrote them?
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I learned a lot about Hitler's Germany but we never learned about Mussolini's Italy. What was life like under his rule?
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