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What was Axis's logic behind sailing Jewish refugees from Romania to Palestine?
I came accross the history of MV Struma and MV Mefkure that were transporting Jewish people, refugees from Europe, from Romania to Palestine but were lost in the process. From reading the articles ...
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How much were Jews allowed to take with them from Nazi Germany?
This Smithsonian Magazine article indicates that Jews could keep 8% of their assets (at least in some cases, and I am sure in practice there were obstacles to retaining even that), which is different ...
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Is there a basis for this tale of Eisenhower blessing & Patton's curse? [closed]
After discussion:
The "magical" part here is beside the point, I just quoted the legend. I'm insterested with the factual things, some of which might have happened. For example, it's very ...
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Was there Nazi Collaboration at an Institutional level in Poland?
Following recent legal regulations in Poland prohibiting any association of Polish culpability with the Holocaust and concentration camps, the question that arises is whether there was any Polish ...
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Nazis and Khazar Theory of Ashkenazi Jews [closed]
I understand that the Nazis made official exceptions for Karaite Jews although in practice this was not always followed and in fact they were not completely "exonerated" in Nazi "racial theory." My ...
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What was the status of the Polish Jews in Germany prior to WW2? [closed]
My understanding is that there were a large number of Polish Jews in Germany up to around the beginning of WW2 and they bore the brunt of nazi oppression at least at first (as opposed to Jews who were ...
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Nuremberg Laws - Did they affect existing marriages between Jews and Non-Jews?
The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor states:
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or related blood are forbidden.
Sexual relations between Jews and citizens of ...
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How might someone have gotten a note forwarded from a transport train headed to Auschwitz?
A relative who is no longer living told me that when her uncle (Jewish, living in hiding in France) was discovered and put on a train transport to Auschwitz, not long before liberation, he threw a ...
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What was the fate of Latvian Jewish population sent to gulags in June 1941?
Some of my ancestors were Latvian Jews who came to the U.S. in 1904. I'm trying to figure out whether any part of this branch of my family might still exist in the eastern hemisphere. After the Hitler-...
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Why do people refuse to acknowledge the Holocaust? [closed]
A lot of people nowadays are denying the Holocaust as a hoax and overblown Jewish lie.
I read somewhere that Harry Truman (or Eisenhower) thought that people would not believe the Holocaust happened ...
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How to rebut Holocaust denial argument?
I came across a Holocaust denier who claims that there is a plaque outside Auschwitz which says that the Nazis murdered 1.5 million people there (mostly Jewish). However, the plaque used to say 4 ...
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What happened to the overseas wealth of the Holocaust Jews?
Hitler confiscated the wealth of Jews in his conquered territories. But what happened to the overseas wealth of the Holocaust Jews? Were they swallowed conveniently by foreign banks/countries ...
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How historically accurate is "Life is Beautiful" when it comes to Jewish extermination?
I want to ask about the movie 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 were not usually sent to ...
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A clear picture of the casaulties of the Jewish people under the Third Reich [closed]
I know this is a pretty sensitive question, but I would like to get an objective answer. It is widely known that the Jewish people were persecuted by Hitler's regime, and many of them died in the ...
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What explanations have been given as to why the Jews were not killed in Italy? [closed]
Jews were mass murdered in Germany during World War II. Why did the same thing not happen in Italy?
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