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Nibelung loyalty
The German Comedy: Scenes of Life After the Wall

The archaic ideal of Nibelung loyalty still counts more than the desire for knowledge.

—p.70 Some People Can Even Sleep Through an Earthquake (66) by Peter Schneider
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hoary

That hoary insult seems on its way to becoming a honorific.

referring to "anti-Communist"

—p.67 Some People Can Even Sleep Through an Earthquake (66) by Peter Schneider
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revanchism

Adjusting borders, revanchist schemes--he has no interest in such things

—p.56 Sentimental Germany (42) by Peter Schneider
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plebiscite

for those Germans who died fighting the Poles during the plebiscite-related uprisings of 1920-1921

—p.55 Sentimental Germany (42) by Peter Schneider
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Kreisau Circle

he visits the estate

—p.54 Sentimental Germany (42) by Peter Schneider
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