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What likely explains the poor standing of leopold II among historians today?

What likely explains the poor standing of leopold II among historians today?
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What likely explains the poor standing of leopold II among historians today?

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The poor standing of Leopold the 2nd is most probably attributed to the role he had in the extermination of huge amounts of people in Belgian colonies at the time. This wasn't known at the time, but today we known that Leopold the 2nd 
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