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Archduke Ludwig Viktor: A Habsburg Rebel in a Conservative Era
In the heart of the 19th-century Habsburg Empire, Archduke Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton of Austria stood out as a nonconformist in one of...
Hans Schmidt: The Only Catholic Priest Executed in the United States
On the morning of February 18, 1916, Hans Schmidt entered the death chamber at Sing Sing Prison. Moments before being seated in the...
Mickey Cohen: From Newsboy to Kingpin of Los Angeles
Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen is one of the most infamous figures in American organised crime, a man whose journey from a Brooklyn newsboy...
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