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- ↑ Eichenberg, Julia (19 December 2019). "A Minor Apocalypse: Warsaw during the First World War by Robert Blobaum (review)". Journal of Social History. 53 (2): 535–537. doi:10.1093/jsh/shy051. ISSN 1527-1897.
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