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| Sojourn | 9/6/2008 |
Q: What's the definition of the word sojourn/sojourner and what's its significance at the turn of the ...
A: Here's a couple of definitions: sojourn \SOH-juhrn; so-JURN\, intransitive verb: 1. To stay as a ...
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| third reich | 8/27/2008 |
Q: Micheal I know that Nazi Germany was known as the third reich, But what were the first and ...
A: The term 'the Third Reich' (meaning third empire, realm, etc) was invented or at least popularised ...
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| Polish-German border 1945 | 7/25/2008 |
Q: Leaving aside East Prussia, why did Germany lose land to Poland in 1945 (e.g. by the Oder river)? ...
A: I don't think it is for the majority of Germans any longer. During the Cold War SOME Germans tried ...
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| The Nuremberg Trials | 7/23/2008 |
Q: Good Afternoon Michael, This is not really a factual question and is more aimed at gauging your ...
A: Good evening Phill Thank you for your fascinating question. I apologise for not replying to you ...
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| Polish-German border 1945 | 7/23/2008 |
Q: Leaving aside East Prussia, why did Germany lose land to Poland in 1945 (e.g. by the Oder river)? ...
A: Basically most of the 'territorial adjustments' on the Polish border were the result of Soviet ...
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| Nazi views | 4/12/2008 |
Q: What were the Nazi views about the Jewish people? How did the Nazis promote these ideas?
A: The Nazi movement held the allegiance of millions of people and it is probably too simplistic to say ...
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| Totalitarianism | 3/23/2008 |
Q: I am a third year student studying at Exeter University, im writing my final dissertation on ...
A: This quote from Gentile comes from a work he co-authored with Benito Mussolini, entitled 'Fascism, ...
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| Nazi Women | 3/5/2008 |
Q: “Why did some women continue to support the Nazi party, even after their policies continued to ...
A: I apologise if my reply is briefer than normal but I have only just come out of hospital and am ...
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| Nazi Germany- Hitlers policies | 3/5/2008 |
Q: Could i please ask your guidance on a modern history assessment. It is on Hitler's Nazi Germany from ...
A: In the first place I should like to apologise for not responding sooner. I have injured myself last ...
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| state recognition | 1/14/2008 |
Q: I Have a question it is not specifically about the state of Israel but it's relevant. Certain ...
A: Sorry for the delay in replying but I have been away. Basically there are two types of recognition ...
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| World War 2: Nazi Camps | 1/1/2008 |
Q: I am confused about the difference in the camps set up by Nazi leaders in WW2. There are basically 2 ...
A: I apologise for the delay in getting back to you but I was away for a few days. Essentially the ...
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| History | 12/14/2007 |
Q: How did the end of world war two and the rise and fall of the Cold War affect the economic, social ...
A: Sorry for the delay in responding. I have had a manic few days lately what with family crises and ...
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| History | 12/3/2007 |
Q: How did the end of world war two and the rise and fall of the Cold War affect the economic, social ...
A: In the first place I should like to apologise for the delay in replying to you but I had to get the ...
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| Germany and Japan | 11/26/2007 |
Q: What was Japan's reaction to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 ? Three years earlier ...
A: The simple answer is that the Japanese were very angry with Hitler for signing the treaty. Although ...
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| Hitler reacts to Pearl Harbor | 9/28/2007 |
Q: Fitzgerald --- I seem to remember reading many years ago that in reacting to the Japanese attack on ...
A: I do not know where you read this but it is the complete reverse of how Hitler saw the situation. On ...
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| Weimar Republic | 9/14/2007 |
Q: hey i was just wondering about the life of teachers during the Weimar republic and possibly the ...
A: Under Weimar, the curriculum was largely based on practical rather than academic subjects. The ...
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| Worl War I | 9/2/2007 |
Q: "World War I marked the end of an era of optimism which was based on the belief that science and ...
A: The problem is that it is one on which whole books have been written and I am only going to be able ...
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| germany a totalitarian society in the period of 1933-1945 | 8/31/2007 |
Q: just needed some help on a modern history essay due next week, the given question question worth 20 ...
A: Hope you don't mind me beginning my response by stating that your teacher's points are somewhat ...
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| Hitler's Philosophy | 8/30/2007 |
Q: I've been trying to understand why Hitler chose "Aryan" as his name for the superrace. As I ...
A: In the first place the term Aryan was coined by the German philologist Max Mueller in the 19th ...
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| germany a totalitarian society in the period of 1933-1945 | 8/27/2007 |
Q: just needed some help on a modern history essay due next week, the given question question worth 20 ...
A: In the first place I'd like to apologise for not getting back to you sooner but my computer crashed ...
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| Hitler's "brilliance" | 8/25/2007 |
Q: Were Hitler's speeches "brilliant," as some have claimed, that is to say, were they on the order of ...
A: This is one of those areas which is so subjective that you cannot give a 'right' or 'wrong' answer. ...
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| World War 2: Hitler and Hirohito | 8/14/2007 |
Q: Did Adolf Hiter ever meet or converse with Emperor Hirohito or Hideki Tojo or any Japanese authority ...
A: I'm afraid Hitler never met either Hirohito or any of the senior Japanese leadership. Obviously ...
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| modern world history | 5/30/2007 |
Q: who had the laws of babylon collected and carved onto a huge block of stone for all to see?
A: This is not really my area of history, Lorenzo. I have however read a lot of ancient history and the ...
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| Women in Nazi Germany | 5/29/2007 |
Q: Do you give credence to the works of authors such as Claudia Koonz and Jill Stephenson who argue ...
A: To take your last point first - I can only go into so much detail in an answer to this kind of ...
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| German women during the Nazi period | 5/19/2007 |
Q: FitzGerald I am doing a coursework on history about the Nazi period. I am centering on to what ...
A: The reality is rather more complex than the myth. In my most recent volume, the prizewinning ...
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| question about Germany's education system | 4/5/2007 |
Q: What were the principles of education before Hitler came to power. His party NSDAP made lots of ...
A: The answer is actually rather surprising. To begin with, when the Weimar Republic was proclaimed in ...
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| Battle of Jutland | 3/23/2007 |
Q: Can you give a quick Synopsis of the Battle of Jutland?
A: This is slightly outside my period of history but I will recommend the following books to you for ...
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| gulags and nazi concentration camps No2 | 1/8/2007 |
Q: Although your previous answer was really illuminating I take the liberty to bother you again in a ...
A: In the first place I should like to apologise for not getting back to you sooner but I have been ...
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| gulags and nazi concentration camps | 1/7/2007 |
Q: To what extent is it fair to compare nazi concentration camps with gulags?
A: I am glad that you raised it as the two topics have often been dealt with in isolation from each ...
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| World War II | 1/4/2007 |
Q: What country remained neutral at the beginning of world war 2? -Garry
A: The answer is rather complicated depending on which time frame you employ but I will answer it as ...
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| German WWII military | 12/24/2006 |
Q: Michael... Thanks for the help anyway. Did you hear about the recent PHD candidate who handed his ...
A: No, I haven't heard that story but I'm sure it's a good book. My experience is that there certainly ...
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| German WWII military | 12/23/2006 |
Q: Michael... Has their ever been a translation of that German book "The catastrophe in Romania" about ...
A: As far as I am aware, there has never been an English translation of the book about Army Group South ...
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| WW2 | 12/7/2006 |
Q: In what ways was WWII a result of the failures of the Peace of Paris to resolve the problems which ...
A: In many ways the Second World War did arise out of the unjust peace settlement imposed after World ...
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| Capital punishment | 11/25/2006 |
Q: What are the main arguments for and against capital punishment? Do you feel any of them are valid?
A: I will try and give an honest and comprehensible answer. The principal arguments in favour of the ...
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| Feminism | 11/24/2006 |
Q: What is your opinion of feminism? Has it gone too far or not far enough? Which of the changes it ...
A: I will do my best to answer it for you. In the first place, I suppose it all depends on what you ...
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| WW1 education | 11/23/2006 |
Q: after world war one did German education remain wholly the same or did the results of the war mean ...
A: I am particularly pleased that you asked it as a number of myths about this aspect of German history ...
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| american history | 11/17/2006 |
Q: The inventor of movable type for printing was?
A: I have been away for the last three days so please forgive me if I didn't answer you before. ...
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| Internment camps | 11/13/2006 |
Q: Can you recommend a handful of texts regarding the U.S. internment camps operating during WWII? I am ...
A: I find that in general most Americans appear to have some notion that Japanese were interned during ...
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| Crime and Punishment | 11/7/2006 |
Q: What is your opinion on current punishments available in the West?
A: I am not entirely clear to what extent you wish me to go into the legal issues and have made the ...
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| The Holocaust | 11/7/2006 |
Q: How many people died during the Nazi Holocaust?
A: It is rather difficult to give a precise answer to this question as it largely depends on what you ...
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| Women in Nazi Germany | 11/5/2006 |
Q: What was the position of women in Nazi Germany? How did it compare with their status under the ...
A: I will try to answer them as fully as possible, in the form of comparing one set of circumstances ...
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| About Binjamin Wilkomirski | 10/9/2006 |
Q: I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but anyway, my school is reading this book called ...
A: In the first place, thank you for your question. You are right to be surprised but in fact the ...
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| World War Two | 9/18/2006 |
Q: Why didn't the Americans declare war on Germany in 1939?
A: To begin with, I am a British historian and an American might emphasise other factors to a greater ...
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| von Stauffenberg | 9/16/2006 |
Q: With regard to Claus von Stauffenberg, who attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944, what happened to ...
A: After the failure of von Stauffenberg's abortive bomb plot, his wife Nina and their four children ...
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