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- 1 2 3 Marxer, Wilfried (31 December 2011). "Heimattreue Vereinigung Liechtenstein". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Anschlussputsch". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ↑ "Ninety-Five Per Cent of Voters in Liechtenstein Reject Union with Nazis". Lawrence Journal-World . 3 April 1939. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ↑ Peter Geiger (2010). Kriegszeit. Liechtenstein 1939 bis 1945 (in German). Vaduz: Liechtenstein Institute. p. 846.
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