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- ↑ Elle, Ludwig (2010). Die Domowina in der DDR: Aufbau und Funktionsweise einer Minderheitenorganisation im staalich-administrativen Sozialismus [The Domowina in the GDR: Structure and Functioning of a Minority Organization in State-administrative Socialism] (in German). Domowina-Verlag . p. 37. ISBN 978-3-7420-2176-2.