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Places like Theresienstadt (above) or Auschwitz show how connected the Habsburg heritage and the Nazi era are in Central Europe. In some cases, like in Western Ukraine (Galicia), the Austro-Hungarian past even seems to be the prehistory of genocide.
Photos (c) Ruthner, 2011
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delirium clemens 
3 September 2011 at 20:48
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