Dictionary of Maritime Terms

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Diploma of Doctor of Medicine (University of Padua)

This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Jacob Mahler by the University of Padua, Italy. Mahler, born in Bingen-on-Rhine, Germany, studied medicine and philosophy, and in 1695 was awarded a…

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Warsaw Ghetto Memorial (Warsaw, Poland)

When the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial was erected in 1948, it stood amid the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. One of the key intentions was to convey the message that Jews had not gone to their deaths in the…

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Stalinstan

Stalinstan, Stalinstan, Who is present and on hand From the Party, From the Union? Who was on his way Somewhere else today, When a chain of men caught him And then brought him To…

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