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Why and how did some Germans choose to join the Stasi (Staatssicherheit)?
I'm wondering;
What motivated some Germans to join the Stasi or to support the
Stasi?
Were there any common backgrounds among those who did so apart from
living or being from the East?
Why did so ...
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Why the Romans were unable to conquer Germania?
Emperor Augustus ordered his army to subdue the Germanic tribes in what is modern Germany. This was promptly achieved and by 6 AD the Romans controlled Germany up to the river Elba.
The Romans were ...
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Why was the movement for Austro-German unity less successful than that of Italian unity? [closed]
Primarily, I am looking at the differences between say, the movements for German unity and that of Italian nationalists.
The record shows that the people of Austria had accepted without much ...