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- ↑ Peter Barker (zgodovinar.) (1993). Some Reflections on the Reception of Sorbian Literature in German After 1945. Böhlau. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ "Projekat Rastko - Luzica / Project Rastko - Lusatia". www.rastko.rs. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
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