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Events in the year 1887 in Germany.
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References
- ↑ Krause surname distribution
- ↑ Levine, Bruce; Kamphoefner, Walter D.; Helbich, Wolfgang; Sommer, Ulrike; Vogel, Susan Carter (September 1992). "News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home". The Journal of American History. 79 (2): 654. doi:10.2307/2080093. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2080093.
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