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... that a cartel was formed to purchase papyri for the Berlin Papyrus Collection?
... that Lale Andersen, who was popular on both sides of World War II for her version of "Lili Marleen", represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961?
... that Nazi officer Reinhard Höhn founded a business school after the Second World War?
... that recruitment for the French SS Volunteer Assault Brigade was promoted through a Waffen-SS exhibition in Paris that attracted thousands of visitors daily?
... that the 2022 German presidential election was held at Paul Löbe House instead of the Reichstag due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that four US Army soldiers stole $36 million in valuables from a German castle in late 1945?
... that the Ferber House was rumoured to be haunted after the family who owned it went extinct?
sabotage in World War II involved delaying the Nazi nuclear program, derailing trains, freeing Jews – and explosive rats?