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The Rosenberg diary and the functionalist-intentionalist debate
Today it was announced that the diary of Alfred Rosenberg was been found, after it had disappeared in 1946.
Prima facie, this would seem to be a major piece of historical evidence for the ...
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Why was Johannes Blaskowitz indicted at the Nuremberg High Command Trial
Johannes Blaskowitz was a German General during WW2. He committed suicide in 1948 while being tried as a war criminal.
His action during the polish offensive seem rather counter to this, to quote ...
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How successful were Einsatzkommando Tunis and how much was Rommel complicit?
This Einsatzkommando was headed by SS officer Walter Rauff and according to his wikipedia article it had great effect on the local Jewish population. An example is given, a quote from a German TV ...
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Was Hitler's genocide of the Jews “different” from other mass killings?
Hitler allegedly killed six million Jews during the "Holocaust." Stalin allegedly killed millions of Ukrainians during the 1933 "Harvest of Sorrow" (Conquest). Mao allegedly killed tens of millions of ...
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Can we classify holocaust as Hitler's war time strategic mistake?
Can we classify the Holocaust as one of Hitler's war time strategic mistake?
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How historically accurate Life is Beautiful is when it comes to Jewish extermination?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful
It is portrayed, in the movie, how that protagonist jew is sent to extermination camp in Italy.
I thought jews in Italy are not usually sent to ...
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Clear picture of casaulties of jewish people under third reich
I know this is pretty sensitive question, I would like to get an objective answer. It is widely known that jewish people were persecuted by Hitler's regime, and many of them died in concentration ...
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How do functionalists explain the fact that Holocaust continued until the very end of the war?
While I haven't read Goldhagen or scholars with a similar viewpoint directly, I frequently encounter the following argument that seems very Goldhagenite to me: "The Germans tried to murder Jews up ...
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What explanations have been given as to why the Jews were not killed in Italy?
Jews were mass murdered in Germany during World War II. Why did the same thing not happen in Italy?
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Was “Blitzkrieg” at least partly intended for trapping the Jews?
I encountered a point of view that the German tactic of "Blitzkrieg", besides purely military purpose to achieve victory as quick as possible, was in fact designed to trap the Jews so that they could ...
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How did Finland treat Jewish locals during WWII?
First, what facts do I know.
There was no prosecution of Jews in Finland
Jewish POWs were separated in special POW camps for Jews. They were told that Finnish people hate them and they are to be ...
