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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I once had a boarding pass checked for Gdansk Poland and the Lufthansa clerk replied with a cold steel gaze: “DAAN-TSIHKH” (Danzig). No doubt in his mind the borders there have not been forgotten and resentment is deep.


31 posted on 09/01/2020 3:15:49 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: epluribus_2

It was German from its founding around 1200 until 1945.


32 posted on 09/01/2020 6:25:56 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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