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- ↑ "Jig Heil! The free-born Irish who saluted the Führer". Independent.ie. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ THE STORY OF ROTTENFUHRER JAMES BRADY WAFFEN SS.
