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1. JumpCrisscross · 1790911159 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. moritzwarhier · 1790939094 · focus · HN ↗

      the purpose of square-bracketed text in quotes is to mark editorializing

      1. stackghost · 1790960982 · focus · HN ↗

         I think the point is that in an article about Nazi Germany, editorializing "Hitler" to add "Adolf" is probably not required because almost every adult in the English-speaking world knows who Hitler was.

         1. SoftTalker · 1790962343 · focus · HN ↗

            The more I learn about that fella, the less I like him.

            1. 1-more · 1790963806 · focus · HN ↗

               You joke, but Destined to Witness is a really interesting memoir of German-Liberian Hans-Jurgen Massaquoi growing up in the rise of Nazi Germany as a young kid and then experiencing WWII as a civilian German teen. I ended up learning how the Nuremberg laws came down on kids at playgrounds, etc., something I'd never considered. Sure it pales in comparison to everything else, but it's always interesting to learn one more way the Nazis were just awful.

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