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- 1 2 "Fascisme en Jodendom" [Fascism and Judaism]. Het Volk . 18 November 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 13 April 2021– via Delpher.
- ↑ "Kameraad Levy Themans als reisleider" [Comrad Levy Themans as tour guide]. Het Volk . 21 November 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 13 April 2021– via Delpher.
