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- ↑ Meyer-Larsen, Werner (24 Apr 1995). "Der große Showdown". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ↑ Andreas Wirsching, Andreas (2007). Herausforderungen der parlamentarischen Demokratie: die Weimarer Republik im europäischen Vergleich (in German). Oldenbourg. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-3486583373 . Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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