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- ↑ DDR: ein Reisebuch in den Alltag, Per Ketman, Andreas Wissmach, Rowohlt, 1986, page 419
- 1 2 Vorwahl — Wenn ja, wie viele?, Tageszeitung , 16 April 1992
- ↑ Alte Auslandsvorwahl der DDR gilt weiter, Neues Deutschland , 11 March 1992
- ↑ Neue Nummern für FNL, Tageszeitung , 15 April 1992
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- ↑ Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, Volume 39, Issues 113-119, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996, page 16
- ↑ Eastern Europe with the Baltic Republics: On the Loose, on the Cheap, Off the Beaten Path, Jewlia Eisenberg, Fodor's Travel Publications, 1996, page 60
- ↑ Hydrographic Review, Volume 73, International Hydrographic Bureau, 1996, page 179
- ↑ de:Telefonvorwahl (DDR)
- ↑ Die halbe Hauptstadt: Stadtführer zum Mitnehmen, Christa Mörstedt-Jauer, Oberhofer, 1987, page 133
- ↑ 0372 – der Anschluss des Ostens, Die Vorwahl fürs andere Berlin führte oft ins Leere, Der Tagesspiegel , 2 October 2005
- ↑ Rieseln lassen, Der Spiegel , 27 August 1972