I'm interested to see how long from being arrested and tried would it be until the sentence was carried out, and would my family have been released my body when it was all over?
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Today:
Saturday Reading and Research will focus on exactly that: the history you have been reading this week and the research you've been working on. It's also the prime thread for requesting books on a particular subject. As with all our weekly features, this thread will be lightly moderated.
So, encountered a recent biography of Stalin that revealed all about his addiction to ragtime piano? Delved into a horrendous piece of presentist and sexist psycho-evolutionary mumbo-jumbo and want to tell us about how bad it was? Need help finding the right book to give the historian in your family? Then this is the thread for you!
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Most maps show individual German kingdoms rather than the Holy Roman Empire. Did regions within the empire have their own armies? If so, did they ever declare war on one another?
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Ok, there are actually two questions here.
I remember seeing the Zeitgeist movie where the narrator stated something like that the Zodiac is on of the oldest the oldest conceptual images in human history while displaying the classical image of the Zodiac on the screen (the circle divided into twelve sections where each section has an associated sign. Example.
I guess the original image originates from Babylon.
Not discussing the accuracy of the movie in general ;)
The questions:
Thank you in advance!
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Here's a man who (according to Wiki anyway) participated in some seriously vile behavior:
His first assignment was at Sachsenburg, his next was Buchenwald, where he participated in the shooting of 21 Jewish inmates on November 9, 1939, following the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Munich. While at Buchenwald, Strippel caught an inmate who was using a rope and some paper to alleviate heavy loads he was carrying on his work detail. This was against camp regulations (stealing Third Reich property), so Strippel decided to make an example out of him. "You used this rope; you'll hang on a rope. And the whole camp will watch as you twist in the wind." The inmate's hands were tied behind his back and he was lifted two feet off the ground from a tree. The weight of his body was all on the shoulder joints and the pain was "excruciating beyond all description."
Strippel's next assignment from March – October 1941 was the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Occupied France. Strippel then served in Majdanek near Lublin Poland, Ravensbrück, then at Peenemünde on the Usedom peninsula, in the Karlshagen II forced labor camp, the site of V-2 rocket production and launches. From there the Hertogenbosch concentration camp in Vught, the Netherlands, more commonly known as Camp Vught. His final assignment was at Neuengamme, where he would oversee the murders of the twenty Jewish children involved in Kurt Heissmeyer's experiments, their four adult caretakers and twenty-four Soviet P.O.W.'s. They were all hung in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school, the adults from overhead pipes and the children from a hook on the wall.
...and yet, Wiki further reports after the war:
Strippel was convicted of war crimes at the Third Majdanek Trial before the West German Court in Düsseldorf (1975–1981) for his actions at Buchenwald and at the Majdanek concentration camp, Poland, where he served as deputy commandant (Case no. 145 & 616 in Frankfurt District Court). He was implicated in the torture and killing of many dozens of prisoners including 42 Soviet POWs in July 1942. Strippel received a nominal three-and-a-half year sentence. He also received 121,500 Deutsche Mark reimbursement for the loss of earnings and his social security contributions, which made him a wealthy man. He used this monetary downpour to purchase a glitzy condominium in Frankfurt, which he occupied until his death.
What what what?! Cynically I'd guess it was his involvement in the V-2 program that made him valuable enough to someone not to hang, but why guess when Reddit is populated (at least in part) by wise men and women willing to share their perspective? Who's got an answer why this guy seems to have gotten away with it?
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I read through the rules, and I think (I hope) I can ask this question here to you /r/AskHistorians!
I did a search for "long nineteenth century Europe" in google images, and found a picture I would like to use, but I can't figure out who this guy is. Does anyone know?
If this is against the rules, I apologize! But I thought this would be the best place to find the answer. If there is a better subreddit, please let me know!
Here is the picture:
http://secureimages.teach12.com/tgc/media/courses/361x269/8190.jpg
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When I was a teenager, one thing that began my steady decline from Christian faith was the apparent lie that Hebrews were ever slaves in Egypt. Am I right in being skeptical? Thanks for the help.
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Mostly out of interest but also for research for a fantasy novel concept.
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Especially when you look at the small population of England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland the number of castles seems huge. In 1350 England has a population of 3 million, France had over 20 million.
I understand this is not a very accurate way to look at things but it certainly gives some idea.
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Maybe I am being naive or overly nihilistic but my study of Post-Modernism especially in relation to history has left we with a sense of hopelessness when looking at History. If we can never truly know the past (an admittedly simplified version of a Post-Modern position) whats use is History beyond being a good story? I would rather believe that we could know the past but it seems clear, and is admitted by many historians, that we can't. Not every academic subject has to be crucial to human progress (I am aware of the irony when I talk of progress and Post-Modernism in the same breath) but the discipline of History certainly has pretensions to this claim. That lessons can be learned from the past seems impossible if we can never know the past? Thanks in advance for any help in my existential malaise.
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I've asked this question in /r/AcademicBiblical, but without response.
According to my rather limited reading, Jewish Eschatology apparently involves the "four craftsmen" - Elijah, Messiah ben David, Messiah ben Joseph, and the Righteous Priest. There are two messiahs, but if one is referred to without qualification, the reference is to the Messiah ben David.
In the NT, some of this can be seen. John the Baptist is associated with Elijah, and in the Palm Sunday narrative there is a clear echo of the Messiah ben David. Arguably the Messiah ben Joseph may be referred to in "destroy this temple, and I will rebuild it in three days", as one of the roles ascribed to him is rebuilding the temple (usually assumed to be literal rather than figurative).
As far as I understand, Elijah, the Messiah ben David and the Messiah ben Yoseph were already part of Jewish eschatology at the time of Christ. However I'm interested in the fourth, the Righteous Priest. Currently this person is associated with Melchizedek, but I have not been able to find out how long this has been the case. I'm particularly interested in whether this would have been true when the Epistle to the Hebrews was written, probably about 63-64AD.
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I'm sorry I used those events to equate the event, but why not? It doesn't seem to be considered on that level but from what I've learned it is. And just as terrible. Apples to oranges to grapes maybe?
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I was just looking at a map of the British Empire and saw that aside from the northeast coast of Africa, Britain had control of all states surrounding Saudi Arabia. I'm curious as to how this affected diplomatic relations between the realms.
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Did any other nations adopt this style? Was it reactionary to the wigs and tights of the previous generations or a product of the industrial revolution?
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This isn't your everyday question, but I wasnt able to find any information on it. I'm interested in the history of root beer, I know.
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I'll admit it right off the bat: I'm something of a fanboy of the HRE. I don't think it gets nearly enough credit for social progress and development.
But I'm asking a question, not begging an extinct political entity for an autograph. I know that the German states were in a terrible enough condition that Voltaire felt entirely justified in making his oh-so-wonderful famous quote about the HRE, but I don't quite understand how they got to that point.
Why was the HRE able to be conquered by Napoleon at the start of the 19th century?
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I have read mostly texts that focus on religion. Any good texts dealing with the rise and fall of civs? Or of how a particular civ functioned?
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I've read about the allies and Kriegsmarine ships having this capability. Did the Japanese always rely on optical gun directors or were they able to use the late-war, retrofitted radars to guide their guns? I know some of the more advanced IJN ships like the Akizuki class had radar installed as a part of standard design. Were they used apart from simple surface/air detection?
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Did Hitler just see more advantages in allying with the Japanese? Did he have any plans for Japan if the Axis had won the war?
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