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A sophisticated witness to history: Yugoslavia's abstract monuments to WWII
attle of Sutjeska Memorial Monument Complex in the Valley of Heroes in Bosnia and Hercegovina

IN A recent survey in Germany, 11 per cent of respondents said that they wanted a leader who “governs the country with a firm hand for the good of all.”

Last time they got their wish in 1933, Europe was set ablaze and well over 60 million lost their lives.

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