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- ↑ Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz: Verfassungsschutzbericht 2007 , p. 149. (in German)
- ↑ Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Hessen: Die Linke Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
