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The Story of Belle, Minnie, Louise and the Sovjets: Throwing light on the dark side of an institution

GRIET ROETS Department of Special Education, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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GEERT VAN HOVE Department of Special Education, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
Pages 599-624 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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