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The Felix Bloch Affair: An Unsolved Case of Cold War Espionage
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134 Cells, One Inmate: The Closure of Spandau Prison
From November 1945 until October 1946, the International Military Tribunal indicted and prosecuted Nazi leaders for their roles in the…
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