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- ↑ Zorn, Thomas (12 February 2001). "Kumpane: "Gute Wünsche von ‚Janie'"" [chum: "Good wishes from ‚Janie‘"]. Focus (in German). Munich: Helmut Markwort. pp. 30–33.
- ↑ Ditfurth, Jutta; Cohn-Bendit, Daniel (31 May 2005). "Widersprüchliches über Fischers "Putzgruppe"" [Contradictory about Fischers "Putzgruppe"]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ "Putzgruppe gegen "Focus": Fischer sagt aus" [Putzgruppe against "Focus": Fischer testifies]. n-tv.de (in German). RTL Group. 21 March 2006.
[Er] hatte [...] die Putzgruppe als den letztlich untauglichen Versuch bezeichnet, besetzte Häuser gegen die anrückende Polizei zu verteidigen.
- ↑ Stark, Holger (3 January 2001). "Joschka Fischer: Der Außenminister bekennt: Wir haben Steine geworfen" [Joschka Fischer: The foreign-minister admits: We threw stones]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 5 February 2014.