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2023-04-02 20:50:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 01C697D7F8B8ACDC38C9CC10D16B03EFF41BDF1F8DAEFD44F0D9DD0E533BCC6A
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“Estimates for the number of people killed range between two and 15 million, easily putting Leopold in the top ten of history’s mass murderers” https://www.historytoday.com/archive/contrarian/belgiums-heart-darkness https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/king-leopold-ii--the-man-who-killed-more-than-10-million-people-yet-is-not-not-seen-as-repulsive https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/author-hochschild-recounts-lost-history-horror-the-belgian-congo https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium Numbers are disputed due to lack of records and research-opinions should go in the replies, not community notes. https://communitynotes.twitter.com/guide/en/contributing/writing-notes.html
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