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Did Indonesians create settlements in East Timor?

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When mass immigration from Europe to Brazil started in the 1870's slavery still existed in Brazil. What was the reaction of migrants and did any migrants come to Brazil because slavery still existed there?

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How did Syria end up becoming one state when the French mandate intended to make Syria 4 separate states?

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Would Andy Dufrense (the Shawshank Redemption) really be sentenced to life in prison in Maine for murdering his adulterous wife and her lover?

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Why were so many Jews put in the leadership of many of the post-war Eastern European governments; Slanksy, Ana Pauker, Hilary Minc, etc...only to be removed a few years later?

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What forces were behind the commitment to Atheism in the early Soviet Union?

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During the Cold War, where did East Germans vacation? Did East Germans ever visit Poland? Did any ever travel to Poland to see their former homeland?

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What were the Western Allies plans for Hitler had he lived at the end of ww2? would he have been tried and imprisoned? executed? I assume the allies must have had a plan of action should hitler be captured. I asked this recently but never got an answer.

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Was the existence of Islam in the USSR ever acknowledged or somehow made a part of US policy during the Cold War, like Anti-Christian and Anti-Jewish rhetoric was used against the USSR in the West?

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How did wealthy Germans hold onto their assets/wealth when hyperinflation wiped out their savings? And in the same vain, how did wealthy Germans hold onto their assets after Germany's total destruction in WW2?

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Did Indonesians create settlements in East Timor?	10
When mass immigration from Europe to Brazil started in the 1870's slavery still existed in Brazil. What was the reaction of migrants and did any migrants come to Brazil because slavery still existed there?	10
How did Syria end up becoming one state when the French mandate intended to make Syria 4 separate states?	10
Would Andy Dufrense (the Shawshank Redemption) really be sentenced to life in prison in Maine for murdering his adulterous wife and her lover?	10
Why were so many Jews put in the leadership of many of the post-war Eastern European governments; Slanksy, Ana Pauker, Hilary Minc, etc...only to be removed a few years later?	10
What forces were behind the commitment to Atheism in the early Soviet Union?	10
During the Cold War, where did East Germans vacation? Did East Germans ever visit Poland? Did any ever travel to Poland to see their former homeland?	10
What were the Western Allies plans for Hitler had he lived at the end of ww2? would he have been tried and imprisoned? executed? I assume the allies must have had a plan of action should hitler be captured. I asked this recently but never got an answer.	10
Was the existence of Islam in the USSR ever acknowledged or somehow made a part of US policy during the Cold War, like Anti-Christian and Anti-Jewish rhetoric was used against the USSR in the West?	10
How did wealthy Germans hold onto their assets/wealth when hyperinflation wiped out their savings? And in the same vain, how did wealthy Germans hold onto their assets after Germany's total destruction in WW2?	9