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According to the USHMM, 275k people with disabilities were murdered by the T4 program in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945. What percentage of the German disabled population was that, and how did this affect social services for and perceptions of disabled people in Germany (East or West) after the war?

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In the early Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes uses the services of a number of commissionaires. Who exactly were they?

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Tuesday Trivia: we're going viral, but not COVID viral- let's talk about the history of FAME AND CELEBRITIES!

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What proportion of the disabled population in Germany survived the Holocaust?

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TUESDAY TRIVIA: If you remember something from 20+ years ago as if it were only yesterday... why not write about it here as we talk about the history of MEMORY!

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How do historians gauge a US president's legacy in comparison with the legacies of other presidents? How do they do those rankings of US presidents that are so ubiquitous in the news every so often?

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In Jane Eyre, Jane and Rochester use phrenology, or the shape of each others' foreheads, as a measure of each other's character as a matter of course; was phrenology really that common and basic a way of evaluating people in the early 19th century?

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How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?

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How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?

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All of the posts I've found here about the history of privacy are about Europe... does anyone have any similar sources about elsewhere in the world, particularly warmer weather areas?

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According to the USHMM, 275k people with disabilities were murdered by the T4 program in Nazi Germany from 1933-1945. What percentage of the German disabled population was that, and how did this affect social services for and perceptions of disabled people in Germany (East or West) after the war?	18	AskHistorians
In the early Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes uses the services of a number of commissionaires. Who exactly were they?	13	AskHistorians
Tuesday Trivia: we're going viral, but not COVID viral- let's talk about the history of FAME AND CELEBRITIES!	13	AskHistorians
What proportion of the disabled population in Germany survived the Holocaust?	8	AskHistorians
TUESDAY TRIVIA: If you remember something from 20+ years ago as if it were only yesterday... why not write about it here as we talk about the history of MEMORY!	6	AskHistorians
How do historians gauge a US president's legacy in comparison with the legacies of other presidents? How do they do those rankings of US presidents that are so ubiquitous in the news every so often?	6	AskHistorians
In Jane Eyre, Jane and Rochester use phrenology, or the shape of each others' foreheads, as a measure of each other's character as a matter of course; was phrenology really that common and basic a way of evaluating people in the early 19th century?	6	AskHistorians
How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?	5	AskHistorians
How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?	5	AskHistorians
All of the posts I've found here about the history of privacy are about Europe... does anyone have any similar sources about elsewhere in the world, particularly warmer weather areas?	4	AskHistorians