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- ↑ Diekmann, Irene; Schoeps, Julius H., eds. (2002). Das Wilkomirski-Syndrom: Eingebildete Erinnerungen oder Von der Sehnsucht, Opfer zu sein (in German). Zürich: Pendo. ISBN 3-85842-472-2.
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