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Between duty, right and compulsion – the Danish minority in the German army, 1914–1918

Steffen Lind ChristensenDepartment of History and Classical Studies, Institute of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 257-271 | Received 01 May 2019, Accepted 06 May 2021, Published online: 24 May 2021

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Archival material (unpublished)

  • Rigsarkivet, Bill, Laue Jensen, Dag- og notesbøger, RA0055/-4.
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