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# may 16

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Today in History: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Ends, Germans Begin Deportation (1943)

One of the sad facts about the Holocaust is that we have absolutely no clue exactly how many people of Jewish decent actually were killed by the Germans during their purge. Estimates…

By Matthew Weber · 3 min

Civil War

Today in History: First Vote to Impeach Andrew Johnson Fails (1868)

U.S. politics in the years after the American Civil war were very volatile. Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency when Abraham…

Matthew Weber · 4 min