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The Ephemeral Habsburg Empire in Mexico. In 1869, artist Édouard Manet finished his painting of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, depicting the death, by firing squad, of Maxi ...

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Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman knew her parents had immigrated after World War II from Hungary and she thought they were both ...