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Did plane crasher Andreas Lubitz look for gay porn?
Breitbart reported in 2015:
The picture of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’ troubled state of mind grows more complex with the revelation, reported by International Business Times, that investigators have discovered that Lubitz “trawled the…
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Did British journalists keep silent about Russian defections to Germany in WW2?
In George Orwell's essay, The Prevention of Literature, he claims this:
When Germany collapsed, it was found that very large numbers of Soviet Russians — mostly, no doubt, from non-political motives — had changed sides and were fighting for the…
The Masked Rebel
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Does Germany use the Euro to exploit the US and the EU?
Trump's advisor Peter Navarro claims that Germany exploits the US and the EU by maintaining the Euro at an all time low.
The Guardian for example says:
Germany “continues to exploit other countries in the EU as well as the US with an ‘implicit…
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Did Konrad Adenauer claim that Europe and Asia encounter at the Elbe?
According to James Hawes1,
Konrad Adenauer, its first postwar chancellor and founding father, made Westbindung (“binding to the West”) the heart of West German politics. Adenauer came from the deeply Catholic Rhineland, "amid the vineyards" as he…
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If a man gets raped, does he have to pay childsupport in practice?
In this video a Lawyer asserts that a man who got raped, by law, still has to pay child support to the child conceived from the rape. He also mentions that the man could demand the money back from the rapist, but if she can't pay he is out of…
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Is this protest sign referring to Europe?
Is the above picture, of a woman holding a sign with the text
You can get raped but not protest against rape
# World's largest democracy
referring to Europe?
Example tweets: 1 (containing a hashtag about sexual assault by refugees in Germany), 2…
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Was research by Nazi doctors use as a precursor for some cancer treatments?
I have been told that some experiments done by Nazi doctors became the precursor for some early work in radiotherapy and other cancer treatments.
Although, this may very easily be Nazi sympathizer propaganda. Maybe someone with actual knowledge of…
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Are the songs on "Rote Lieder (Die Besten politischen Lieder aus der DDR)" from the German Democratic Republic?
Today, a friend sent me a link to the cheery song "Lied vom Volkspolizist" by Blascore on the compilation "Rote Lieder (Die Besten politischen Lieder aus der DDR)", but listening to the song lyrics ("Wir helfen den Menschen, ich bin mit dabei, ich…
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Did Rote Antifa post an image of a "Will trade racists for rapists" sign?
According to Red Alert Politics, this image was posted on the Rote Antifa Facebook page:
They say the caption translated as "Prefer sexually active fugitive as German racists" (sic). They acknowledge that the original photo was photoshopped…
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Are "young people aged 14 and 15 are allowed to have sex with each other" in Germany?
Children younger than 14
In Germany, it is forbidden for adults or young people to have sex
with children younger than 14. If adults and young people do this
anyway, they become liable to prosecution.
If two children engage in sexual acts with each…
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Did East Germany (or other countries) require a physical exam in order to obtain a marriage license?
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the titular character
undergoes M2F gender reassignment surgery in order to pass a mandatory physical exam prior to obtaining a license to wed their partner (a man).
Is there a historical basis for mandatory…
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Did Angela Merkel push to allow refugees to be employed as truck drivers?
This Express article claims that Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, pushed to allow refugees to be more easily employed as truck (lorry) drivers.
But as the country mourns the tragedy ahead of the festive season, it was revealed that Merkel had…
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Did Frances Coppola tweet about immigration opponents organising the Cologne sex crimes?
Did Frances Coppola, a senior journalist at Forbes, post the following tweet?
@shoerster I bet they did. I suspect anti-immigration people of organising the Cologne
sex crimes. Fastest way of getting borders closed.
The screenshot is from a…
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Did the 1937 single issue magazine "Rising Tide" include the "Rules for Revolution"?
The New York Times 10 July 1970 article Communist ‘Rules’ For Revolt Viewed As Durable Fraud inaccurately states:
The earliest publication of the “rules” turned up in search was in The New World News of February, 1946. Many who reproduce the…
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Did a yacht owned by a Polish company with Ukrainian owners travel from Rostock to Christiansø on September 6-7, 2022?
A number of mainstream German newspapers claimed on March 7 that a likely Ukrainian commando travelling on false passports boarded a yacht registered to a Polish company (but ultimately owned by Ukranians) from the German port of Rostock on…
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