History

#1263 What were the ratlines?

What were the ratlines? The ratlines were the routes that many Nazis used to escape from Germany after the end of World War 2. Many of them escaped to countries in South America, but some were even accepted into the United States. At the time, the name “ratline” was only used to refer to Croatian

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#1260 What is the Domesday book?

What is the Domesday book? The Domesday Book is the old English spelling of “Doomsday Book” and it was a survey by William the Conqueror of the financial state of England and Wales in 1086. The book wasn’t called the Domesday book until the following century. It was so named because it was a final

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