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- ↑ Who am I? Citizenship in an age of migration and rising nationalism Daily Maverick, 3 August 2018, accessed 2023-12-14
- 1 2 Video – Between The Lines: Hitler, Verwoerd & Marianne Thamm Daily Maverick, 27 September 2016, accessed 2023-12-14
- ↑ Past imperfect: Michele Magwood talks to Marianne Thamm about her ‘memoir of sorts’, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela And Me The Sunday Times. 17 October 2016
- ↑ "Books by Marianne Thamm (Author of It's Me, Anna)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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