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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
This awesome answer uses experimental data to back up a question I would never have expected to have that: /u/Vespertine on sacramental wine and herd immunity.
I appreciated /u/fishbelt3's response to the question: "50 years ago today the Mai Lai Massacre occurred during the Vietnam War where American soldiers murdered over 300 civilians due to conflicting orders. Why didn't any officer or enlisted trooper face serious jail time afterward?"
/u/Pdbowen sheds some light on why there were so many cults in the 20th century.
/u/AncientHistory gave a very thorough answer regarding evidence of HP Lovecraft's antisemitism.
/u/commiespaceinvader gave a great answer on a painful and complicated topic: "Did Nazis persecute lesbian females or just gay men? Did they have a position on transgender individuals, or was that not an issue?"
/u/BedsideRounds had some really illuminating stuff to say on the topic of AIDS before the 20th century.
/u/erissays deserves a round of applause for answering Why did comic books shift from light-hearted, silly sci fi themes in the 60s/70s to darker, more grounded themes like drug abuse in the 80s?
Who here knows a lot about pirates the golden age of piracy Anne Bonney and Mary read to be exact
Also I made another one because nobody answered the first one and I didn’t what else to do to get answer it pretty much the same but the wording is a bit different.
Pls and thank you.
/u/kieslowskifan on "How intensely monarchist was the Wehrmacht during Hitler's Third Reich?"
/u/Vespertine answered "What made the British Union of Fascists so popular in the UK?"
Can I highlight my own overlook unanswered question, cause I really want answer to my question.
If not I’ll just delete this post.
Edit: Just tell me yes or no please.
Anyone with early modern French palaeography skillz? It would be interesting to find out what this says. If it was kept this long, you'd hope it was something intriguing.
I am still searching for an answer to this question if anyone can help: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/84i2lj/how_did_european_nations_prior_to_ww1_handle