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Nuremberg Reclaims the Ruins of a Nazi Past

by Peter Bennett

There are two Nurembergs. One is the intellectual and industrial landmark where Martin Behaim constructed the first terrestrial globe, Dürer mapped the stars, and Peter Henlein created the pocket watch. The other is the Nazi meeting place that gave its name to the bigoted laws that opened the way to the Holocaust, and where the crimes committed by Germany’s top officials were exposed to the world.

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Daily Quiz for February 2, 2010

by HistoryNet Staff

When Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse, the force that had numbered from 65,000 to upwards of 75,000 men less than two years earlier at Gettysburg was down to approximately this many troops.

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A War of Extermination – Audubon

by John James Audubon

Although wildlife painter John James Audubon routinely killed birds for specimens, he was appalled by the activities of the ‘egg-collectors of Labrador,’ whom he accused of waging a ‘war of extermination.’