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- ↑ "Glogowski ist zurückgetreten". Der Spiegel. 26 November 1999.
- ↑ Reiner Albring: Ebel einstimmig neuer Präsident. Braunschweiger Zeitung.
- ↑ Manfred Funke: 'Antifaschismus' – Zum Blendcharakter einer politischen Allzweckwaffe (PDF-Datei; 112 KB)
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