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- ↑ "Urmas Sutrop ühe Eesti ajakirja natsilembusest: ootan elusolevatelt nõukogude ja saksa mundrikandjatelt debatti, et mida nad ikka Teises maailmasõjas tegid?". Eesti Päevaleht. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "Kultuur ja elu" at Stanford University database
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- ↑ Forging Ahead, Falling Behind. M.E. Sharpe. 1 January 1997. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-56324-925-9 . Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ Andres Herkel curriculum vitae