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In the movie "Nuremberg", Hermann Goering expects to be treated like a honored guest by the Allies; he is visibly shocked after being put in handcuffs and declared a war criminal. Did the Nazis really expect leniency from the Allies?	3460
During the Holocaust, is there evidence of even a single SS soldier who stopped and said "This is immoral, I can't do this"?	2272
Josef Mengele's wiki page states "In contrast to most of the doctors, who viewed undertaking selections as one of their most stressful and horrible duties, Mengele undertook the task with a flamboyant air". Is this Nazi apologia or did most Auschwitz doctors really hate their job?	406
How much did the Soviet "Great Purge" impact everyday society? For example if I was a plumber living in Moscow, 1937, how much would I know or care about what was going on?	333
Was Vichy France an enthusiastic, active ally of Nazi Germany? Or more of a "we'll do whatever you ask, just please don't kill us" type of ally?	278
What was Stalin's personal reaction to the Holocaust? Disgust? Indifference?	139
As the tide of WWII turned, how did Nazi propaganda machine deal with the fact that the Soviet "subhuman untermensch" were destroying the "superior Aryan" military? Did people start to doubt Hitler's racial views?	132
Were there any ancient/medieval cities whose economy was entirely tourism-based? (Like, a Las Vegas of the ancient world)	131
Were there any "good" SS officers in Nazi Germany? SS men who tried helping Jews after seeing the atrocities personally?	81
Mansa Musa claimed that his predecessor, Abu Bakr II, set sail from the west coast of Africa with 2,000 ships and was never heard from again. Where did he... go?	71

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