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180:Abitur
156:Poland
148:Mielke
90:branch
79:
59:Mielke
1327:2021–
1027:–1960
231:near
229:Appen
1329:2023
1025:1960
271:Mons
263:IFOR
244:Rome
225:Bonn
175:Kiel
108:Rank
43:Born
376:in
284:to
254:in
242:in
223:in
211:at
173:to
1357::
488:^
320:,
299:.
235:.
150:,
61:,
51:)
876:e
869:t
862:v
725:e
718:t
711:v
199:(
47:(
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