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When and how were the Germans made aware of the Moscow Declaration On Atrocities?

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20 Questions

How did the ancient Romans count with their fingers?

What's the rationale for shipping coins back to Spain from its colonies?

Who had the shortest time in going from imprisonment to head of state within democratic processes?

When did Josef Wissarionowitsch become "sexy" Stalin?

Which 'evidence' is there for a claim that 'Chinese discovered America in 636'?

How did Mehmed II die?

What is the earliest example of the usage of 'Nazis' to refer clearly and exclusively to the National-Socialists?

When was it first noticed that airplane passengers really seemed to like tomato juice?

Since when and why do some academic publishers use, prefer or enforce endnotes instead of footnotes

Who was "The famous American Roberts" in 1920's Europe?

Where did Wilson state that the US would have to force access to markets with violence?

How did Europeans dye their garments black around 1800?

Was Erich Ludendorff any form of nobility?

Are there pictures expressing anti-occupation sentiment directed at British Forces in Germany before 1990?

Were there attempts to rename the French language Prussian order Pour le Mérite, why was it never Germanised?

Was simply addressing the English monarch wrongly ever a punishable crime?

Did the Picture Post publish the 1857 photo "Two Sepoys of the 31st Native Infantry Who Were Hanged at Lucknow" in 1939?

When and how were the Germans made aware of the Moscow Declaration On Atrocities?

What is the correct timeline of events for the boycott of the Olympic Games 1980 in Moscow

What did NATO AFCENT commander Bennecke do during World War 2?