Is there written or apocryphal evidence that she was not at least in part coerced into killing herself? I've read a translation of his dictated will & testament that said something like 'my wife and I choose death over disgrace' or something. Would Eva Braun have been arrested or prosecuted by the Allies had she survived? Was she as broken, psychologically, as AH was? I find her story fascinating.

Office workers spend much of their free time jogging, going to the gym, doing yoga, going to whole foods, and obsessing about the food they eat in ways that blue collar worker don't.

When did all of this happen? It seems like young single urban office workers don't fit in with any community and so they're obsessed with these things as a substitute.

Ignoring the obvious factors that led to the downfall of the empire, such as the Treaty of Verdun and the fairly weak rule of Louis the Pious, would it have actually been theoretically possible for the Carolingians to re-establish a united Europe? Or was the practical application of such a concept completely lost once the Western Roman Empire collapsed?

So I got in an argument a few days ago with my brother and a friend about wether or not there are people from ancient times who have defeated gods.

Now, my question is basically exactly as the title states. Does reddit know about ancient heroes/people who have fought and defeated gods?

As I understand, totalitarianism is a form of government, and communism is a form of societal and economic system. Also, communism was never implemented in real world, not even close.

But I wonder if communism is able to work with democracy and their relationships, and if such combinations was tried in history and if yes what were the results.

I understand that this is not exactly askhistorians question, but I think that scholars who studied history of communism are most qualified to answer this. Thank you.

While I understand that political prisoners were released and reimbursed what happened with the ordinary criminals? Did the sentences get adapted to the laws of the Federal Republic or did the original sentences remain? Were there new trials to prevent people still being locked up for political reasons?

Also as a follow up question: how was the prison infrastructure and staff continued? Were the wardens that were active in the GDR replaced by Westgermans, reeducated or did they just keep on working as before and just switched uniforms?

In pirate film and television, you typically see maps that have "X" marking the site of a buried treasure. How much truth is there to this?

I was wondering what is going on in the world a millenia ago? What civilizations are dominant in the continents all over the world? What do each of them excel at? Which civilizations have the most interactions with each other?

I stumbled across a wiki article about Oswald Mosley and the Battle of Cable Street (In the UK 1936) and it got me wondering about what sorts of ideas political fascists used to sell the idea of Fascism that got average people to favor it.

To this day it's still common practice for political movements to preach promises and ideals of one sort that aren't really in line with the real nature of the movement's politics.

When I went researching what exactly fascism is (because it occured to me that I really had no idea what it actually was aside from 'Italy and Nazi Germany during WWII), every description I found of it still appeared rather unappealing. No doubt I'm not in the right position to understand the context that could make some of those ideals favorable, but I wondered if perhaps there was also the case of it being misrepresented to the people at the time. Arguments and offers made by politicians that actually would sound appealing, and get so many people on board.

I'm looking for reading material about the First World War. I've read guns of august but haven't found much else readily available that seems very reputable. Any suggestions?

Were they volunteers or were the selected? Was it primarily German guards or were other nationalities preferred? Could a guard easily transfer to another position outside the death camps? Also, what was day to day life like for a guard?

And more generally, how do historians validate comments made orally from so long ago?

It seems like there is a lot of propaganda posters dedicated to getting people to buy war bonds, but how effective were War Bonds for funding wars?

There must have been some non-Americans who contributed at least indirectly... maybe who helped develop the technology in earlier phases?

The Wikipedia article (I know, I know: terrible source) on Quetzalcoatl mentions that his influence extends beyond the Nahuatl people into Mayan territory and even other mesoamerican cultures, where he is known by different names. I see certain similarities between his representation there and early treatments of Jesus Christ as Christianity spread outward from the Mediterranean, and I'm wondering if there hasn't been a confusion of sources when talking about the two figures historically.

As a broader question: how reliable are discussions of Mesoamerican religion and faith? Have they all been undeniably diluted by European conquest?