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Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des
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Wehrmachtseinflüsse im Militär der SBZ/DDR (1948/49-1989)
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The Hidden Army: History of the Barracked People's Police of the GDR 1952 to 1956
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