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- ↑ Portrait: INGE Genefke Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Inge Genefke / Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims". The Right Livelihood Award. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
