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Why did Germany allow and help introduce the Deutsche Mark to Montenegro?
On the Dutch Wikipedia article on the Deutsche Mark, it says (without citation):
Als reactie op hyperinflatie en prijsstijgingen in Servië voerde Montenegro op 2 november 1999, in samenwerking met de ...
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What's the best way to transcribe 19th century, English, Urdu, Arabic, etc.?
For my PhD project, I'm processing a large amount of handwritten text from the mid to late 19th century from one person. I'm struggling with his handwriting in English.
Although I'm still learning ...
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What is the name of the building at this location in Des Moines Iowa?
I am trying to find the name of a building in Des Moines, Iowa. It is at 22 SW 9th street and I am trying to find history on it. The west side has some writing on it and from what I can read it says
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Are there any documented cases where Percival Treite committed any procedures that led to death?
Percival Treite was a researcher and lecturer of medicine and a medical doctor at the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
After the war he was tried for crimes against humanity and sentenced to death, but ...
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What force, what unit and what rank is this individual?
I am trying to match this pic to a relative, but can anyone tell me what force, what unit and what rank he is?
It is thought that this is a grand uncle of mine, killed in Quetta (then India) in 1919....
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How did people remain unaware of Nazi Concentration Camps when they were located within villages/townships in Germany?
Before delving into WW2 History, I used to think that Concentration Camps for the most part were either in Occupied Poland or Ukraine, to keep it away from the German population and make it easier to ...
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What might explain an army's sudden disappearance? [closed]
We've all recently witnessed how the Assad regime collapsed in just about 12 days after 14 years of war, despite having at least 200,000 soldiers and being fully equipped with all types of weapons. ...
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Was there an ancient Greek proverb "Money is people", what did it mean, and where did it come from?
Xu Jin (Empire of Silver, 2021 English translation by Stacy Mosher, Yale University Press):
Money is people.
Ancient Greek proverb
(Added in response to Ne Mo's accusation that I have failed to ...
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How did the Romans ram the casement walls of Masada when, according to Josephus, they were 18ft high, 12ft wide, and made of stone?
The Roman siege ramp at Masada was 25 degrees which is pretty steep. They were using a ram that they either dragged up the slope, or transported in pieces in place, all the while under fire from the ...
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Why did V. D. Sarvarkar support the British war effort in World War II?
The Indian politician and activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) had, pre-WW2, advocated obtaining Indian independence from the UK, including through violent means. This can be seen in his ...
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How come an FBI agent like Robert Hanssen had access to spy lists?
Just watched the movie Breach on the flushing-out of the FBI spy, Robert Hanssen.
I just don't get two things:
How did Hanssen have access to lists of spies and other top-secret information like ...
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Did any stateless societies have writing? [closed]
Ignoring very recent stateless societies (such as the one that existed for a time during the Spanish Civil War), were there any stateless societies that had writing?
In The Art of Not Being Governed, ...
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What evidence supports Rolf Rosenthal’s claim that he helped prisoners?
Rolf Rosenthal was a medical doctor in a Nazi camp, who claimed that he helped prisoners in the concentration camps. Rosenthal was considered unreliable and faced disciplinary action within the Nazi ...
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Did the Russian Empire promote anti-Semitism to distract from failings of the state?
When I was studying history in school, my textbook offhandedly mentioned that the Russian Government incited anti-Jewish pogroms in 1892 to shift blame away from the Government's failed handling of ...
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Has a president or an administration ever been found in contempt of the Supreme Court?
When it comes to utter disregard of the Supreme Court, is there any precedent for an administration being found in contempt, or the president of the United of States being found in contempt of the ...
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