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eppur_se_muova

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33. How did the nation of Beethoven, Gauss, Göthe sink into Nazism ?

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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 03:53 PM

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Germany was one of the most sophisticated, accomplished, civilized nations in the world. And then they started worshiping thugs.

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