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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Just read an interesting article dated 13 August 2002 in the New York Times. Seems that, now that the USSR is no more, inhabitants of Kaliningrad are (with financial support from 'Der Spiegel' ) excavating and possibly going to restore parts of old Koenigsberg. As we all know, Koenigsberg was annexed to the USSR after Potsdam, and the German inhabitants were expelled. One of the first acts was to destroy the old castle and many traces of a German heritage. Now, apparently, the inhabitants of the city are raising the question of the city's cultural roots -- Russian or German? Of course, the article was in the NYT, and a German magazine is helping fund the work, but at least this is an article Helga could have found, from a reputable journal rather than a crackpot website, that supports some of the things she says…</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">This is why I despair of Helga. There is stuff out there that might actually bolster her cause, but she only goes for the sources so bad and biased that no one with sense can accept them, and we all end up throwing the baby out with the bathwater.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Cheers! </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Jules</FONT>
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