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What event traumatised Helmuth and led him to refuse to eat at home for the following nine years?
What event traumatised Helmuth and led him to refuse to eat at home for the following nine years?
His father's suicide
Why did Helmuth's father express fear of revenge?
Why did Helmuth's father express fear of revenge?
He feared the Allies would do to them what they did to the crippled and Jews
What was Helmuth's father's occupation?
What was Helmuth's father's occupation?
Physician
Where did Helmuth's father take him for their last happy time together?
Where did Helmuth's father take him for their last happy time together?
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What ideology was Helmuth's father a supporter of?
What ideology was Helmuth's father a supporter of?
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What did Helmuth's father do after taking Helmuth to the woods for their last happy time together?
What did Helmuth's father do after taking Helmuth to the woods for their last happy time together?
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What event led to the collective suicide of Hitler, his propaganda minister Goebbels, and his entire family in April 1945?
What event led to the collective suicide of Hitler, his propaganda minister Goebbels, and his entire family in April 1945?
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What was the purpose of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg?
What was the purpose of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg?
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What were the acts that came to be called Crimes Against Humanity, raising serious moral and ethical questions and inviting worldwide condemnation?
What were the acts that came to be called Crimes Against Humanity, raising serious moral and ethical questions and inviting worldwide condemnation?
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How did the Nazis devise an unprecedented means of killing people?
How did the Nazis devise an unprecedented means of killing people?
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What was the punishment of the Nazis after the Nuremberg Tribunal?
What was the punishment of the Nazis after the Nuremberg Tribunal?
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Why did the Allies not want to be as harsh on defeated Germany as they had been after the First World War?
Why did the Allies not want to be as harsh on defeated Germany as they had been after the First World War?
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What was the German experience at the end of the First World War that partly led to the rise of Nazi Germany?
What was the German experience at the end of the First World War that partly led to the rise of Nazi Germany?
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What did the Nazis wage under the shadow of the Second World War?
What did the Nazis wage under the shadow of the Second World War?
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Who were the Allied Powers initially led by, and who joined them in 1941?
Who were the Allied Powers initially led by, and who joined them in 1941?
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What was the basis of Helmuth’s father's fear, ultimately leading him to commit suicide?
What was the basis of Helmuth’s father's fear, ultimately leading him to commit suicide?
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