Sir,
No, it is not easy at all. It is a challenge to have students today closely read every word and think about what they are reading.
It is a miracle I can even teach Huck Finn today where it is banned in some public school systems in New Jersey. Some of my public school colleagues don’t even mention teaching Huck Finn, or they won’t get tenure and face termination.
You bring up interesting points that I am excited to teach in conjunction with Huck Finn, even given the extraordinarily limited time I have with the students thanks to the virus. You have educated me and I thank you for your historical points.
However, to be clear, I wasn’t trying to “help” anything. I was just simply offering what my students said that I thought was humorous. They may not be as wide-ranging in thought as you have no doubt seen on the collegiate level, but at least they are reading and reacting. They aren’t perfect, who is? So in this humor, I suggest we agree to disagree and should perhaps leave it at that.
On another point you made, while I respect your friends, their backgrounds, and your work as a firefighter, I obviously did not lump them into the comments my students made, how can I and why would I?
Let’s put it another way: anyone, no matter their background, who stormed through my U.S. Capitol and put every person, Republican or Democrat or whatever, in that building in physical danger and threatened the destruction of the Republic was absolutely wrong to effect change that way. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
I do lump Paps, and Kings and Dukes into that mob. All of them? I didn’t say that, my students made jokes that lightened the extraordinary tension being felt by all of us here in New Jersey right now. With more education, they will become more measured with their words, but at least they can read and talk about and reference Huck Finn, a lot of students in many U.S high school classrooms cannot.
Lastly, I take great time and effort in showing my students that Mark Twain was not a racist using the examples from Critical Companion, Lighting Out for the Territory and Was Huck Black?
So in these times right now, when many of my friends and I are “on edge” because we saw what was done to the Capitol, and five people are dead (the Capitol Police officer was from NJ but I guess that doesn’t matter, he was a human being in any case), we can agree to disagree and simply move on.
> On Jan 8, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Wolfgang Hochbruck <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> ...with all due respect, isn't that a bit too easy? And how is this
> supposed to help?
> For years now, following all this insanity from the - unexpected, and
> often uneasy - vantage point of belonging with a people that fell for a
> demagogue and his minions almost 90 years ago, i have been wondering
> about figures like Pap Finn, but also about Huck, Tom, and Twain
> himself in relation to the Trump followers. Much of this is about White
> privilege. About privilege anyway. About those who are holding on to
> their privileges, and those that think they are entitled to them (even
> though they will likely never get there). Of course there were stuffed
> ballot boxes in US history - frequently, and not just in the rural
> South. Of course there has been voter suppression, and gerrymandering,
> and buying and selling of votes - only that the ones protesting now
> usually and historically had these irregularities working in their
> favor, and now they can't imagine that they may have lost fairly, just
> like Pap Finn cannot imagine an Africamerican voting.
> Just like the Civil War, the current situation is an attempt at a
> regressive counterrevolution, and i am afraid we haven't seen the
> beginning of it.
> But dangerous as i think this situation is, I wouldn't call all of
> these people the likes of Pap Finn. Since i double as a firefighter
> (engine lieutenant, VFD),i have friends in the US in- and outside of
> the academe, and to be honest i sometimes feel more comfortable in the
> firehouses. As long as we don't talk politics. They are great people.
> Most of them are not more racist, or transphobic, or reactionary than
> the rest of Western societies are, on the average -- who of us hasn't
> been through this debate with students: was Twain a racist? But they
> voted Trump, many of them twice. And some believe the election was
> stolen. So i ask why they think that? Who's told them? And pretty soon
> it becomes apparent that we are not talking political thinking, but
> religious belief systems here (and we Germans better be careful,
> because this is spreading over here, too).
> We may need a lot more teaching of Huck Finn in schools, and in town
> hall meetings, and whereever, not to educate, but to win these people
> back. They are not just Kings, and Dukes, and Paps. At least i wouldn't
> subscribe to that one -
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 17:22:37 -0500
> "John R. Pascal" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> To continue to bring this week’s events back to Mark Twain and to
>> respond to Wolfgang’s thoughts, the students in my Writings of Mark
>> Twain class had this exchange with me at the start of today's class;
>> please note that I didn’t discuss this week’s political activities
>> with them. I keep things professional as my teaching position isn’t a
>> soapbox for my political views:
>>
>> Pascal: "Good Morning, gentlemen, let’s continue with our analysis of
>> 'Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog.'”
>>
>> First student: “Hey Mr. Pascal! What’s the difference between the
>> white mobs who tried to take over the Capitol and Pap Finn?!”
>>
>> Pascal: “I don’t know.”
>>
>> Student next to him: “NOTHING!”
>>
>> Pascal: "Well, guys, I won’t disagree with you at all, it’s great to
>> see that our hero Mark Twain is relevant to our times, it is—“
>>
>> Third student: “Mr. Pascal! What’s the difference between the King
>> and the Duke and the racist mobs outside the Capitol?!”
>>
>> Pascal: “Umm, I would have to say—“
>>
>> Fourth student: “Answer?! NOTHING!”
>>
>> Pascal: “Well, heh, heh, I do like that one, yes indeed, now if we
>> can—“
>>
>> Fifth student: “Hey Mr. Pascal! What’s the difference between Trump’s
>> MAGA hat and Pap Finn’s ‘old black slouch?’”
>>
>> Pascal: “Umm, I guess this may be silly: the color and maybe the
>> style?”
>>
>> Three students in unison: “NOTHING!"
>>
>> Enjoy your weekends,
>>
>> John R. Pascal, M.B.A., M.A.
>> Teacher of 9th, 11th Grade English Honors, & The Writings of Mark
>> Twain Honors
>> Moderator:
>> Future Lawyers Club, Future Medical Leaders Club, Future Business
>> Leaders of America Club
>> Director of SHP Elementary School Tutoring Program
>> Seton Hall Preparatory School
>> Contributing Author to Mark Twain and Youth
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 2021, at 1:46 PM, Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I heartily concur, Wolfgang. To bring it back to Twain, but also as
>> a
>>> response to the points Wolfgang and Hal have made, I strongly
>>> recommend Twain's "White House Funeral" letter, which I believe
>>> Greeley refused to publish, but which is a deepling entertaining
>>> insight into Twain's year as a Washington correspondent (fleshed out
>>> wonderfully by John Muller elsewhere). It also contains queasy
>>> resonances with the contemporary. Here's a link:
>>> https://marktwainstudies.com/the-white-house-funeral-by-mark-twain/
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:36 PM Wolfgang Hochbruck
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...don't tell me anybody would seriously WANT the Donald to be
>> present
>>>> after the events of the last few days... I had predicted rioting
>>>> protestors signalling their fealty to their Leader already in
>> December.
>>>> I had NOT counted on POTUS actually egging them on. Fortunately,
>> the
>>>> guy himself is a coward, or else he would have led his minions in
>>>> person.
>>>>
>>>> Btw, why hasn't Rudy Giuliani been arrested yet? Why were hundreds
>> of
>>>> people allowed to leave & walk away from the Capitol, some with
>>>> 'souvenirs'?
>>>> Okay, this does not have a lot to do with Twain, so moderators
>> might
>>>> decide this is off topic, and i excuse myself for having brought
>> this
>>>> up.
>>>>
>>>> w
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 18:09:01 +0000
>>>> Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>> For MS: Speaking of Johnson and the "defilement of the
>> presidency": I
>>>>> just heard today that AJ was the last president to refuse to
>> attend
>>>>> the next inauguration. (Ford was not inaugurated, of course)
>>>>>
>>>>> To JPZ: those details from HF are intriguing but I'll need a
>> little
>>>>> more than that... & ps: does HF actually compare someone to
>> Stanton??
>>>>> Don't recall that nugget...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Hal Bush
>>>>>
>>>>> Professor of English &
>>>>>
>>>>> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>>>>>
>>>>> Saint Louis University
>>>>>
>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>
>>>>> 314-977-3616
>>>>>
>>>>> http://halbush.com
>>>>>
>>>>> author blog:
>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee<https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee/2020/08/spiritual-coffee-and-the-path-toward-wokeness/>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John Peter
>>>>> Zavez <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:36 AM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [External] Re: MT & conspiracy theories?
>>>>>
>>>>> To MS, wasn't the issue with Johnson/Stanton whether the President
>> had
>>>>> the constitutional power to remove a cabinet officer approved by
>>>>> Congress, so MT may have been motivated more by balance-of-power
>>>>> concerns than the actual persons involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> To HB, is it a coincidence that Huck Finn has: a Wilks Family, a
>>>>> Booth's Landing, an actor who (physically) resembles John Wilkes
>>>>> Booth, and his mentor who (physically) resembles Stanton?
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Matthew
>> Seybold
>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2021 12:07 PM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [External] Re: MT & conspiracy theories?
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't have time at the moment to follow up in more detail, but I
>> can
>>>>> say with certainty, having read about it just recently, that in
>>>>> 1868-69, Twain considered Johnson's decision to remove Stanton as
>>>>> Secretary of War one of his many defilements of the Presidency.
>> This,
>>>>> of course, doesn't preclude him from buying into the Stanton
>>>>> conspiracy at some other juncture, but it does complicate it. - MS
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's an interesting idea: I wonder what makes you think MT
>>>>> believed this scenario? The conspiracy theory about Stanton (which
>> no
>>>>> historians have bought into) did gain some steam immediately in
>> 1865,
>>>>> but really was popularized much later, well after the end of
>> Twain's
>>>>> life ... I'd be interested in hearing more about this connection.
>> MT
>>>>> did write a few things about AL, by the way, much later.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dr. Hal Bush
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Professor of English &
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saint Louis University
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 314-977-3616
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://halbush.com__;!!K543PA!YvFPFg3nhs0JoTcX9GU97jh4uCJjfys4MEq0lRZDv76p8LIm5_1S-wRfSghYEw$
>>>>>>
>>>>>> author blog:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcoffee__;!!K543PA!YvFPFg3nhs0JoTcX9GU97jh4uCJjfys4MEq0lRZDv76p8LIm5_1S-wQE6tVygA$
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> blogs/spiritualcoffee/2020/08/spiritual-coffee-and-the-path-toward-wok
>>>>>> eness/>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John Peter
>>>>>> Zavez <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:30 AM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [External] Re: MT & conspiracy theories?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The biggest conspiracy theory of MT's time, which I believe he
>>>>> believed, was that Secretary or War Stanton was behind Lincoln's
>>>>> assassination.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Hal Bush
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2021 10:49 AM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [External] Re: MT & conspiracy theories?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Murrell myth, especially when Matt mentioned the how the
>> Mystic
>>>>> Clan's plots & conspiracy theory synthesized "anti-Black,
>> anti-Semite,
>>>>> anti-Catholic, and several other common antebellum prejudices,"
>>>>> reminded me of a much larger group doing similar things: the
>>>>> Freemasons, of which MT was a member, as were many riverboat
>> pilots
>>>>> and others, right here in St. Louis in fact! I could say much mora
>>>>> about freemasonry, but some would certainly include them, and
>> other
>>>>> mysticl brotherhoods in C19, as often provoking conspiracy
>> theories,
>>>>> to say the least.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://psrh79.org/?page_id=94__;!!K543PA!e
>>>>>> 9LG-7ltv5LzhMJVQ9InebE2ADS_QP57C4hzKEDmXWl6dydt_dqxvsKN4anPgQ$
>>>>>> Polar Star Lodge No. 79 History – Polar Star Rose Hill Lodge No
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> 79<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://psrh79.org/?page_id=94__;!!K543P
>>>>>> A!e9LG-7ltv5LzhMJVQ9InebE2ADS_QP57C4hzKEDmXWl6dydt_dqxvsKN4anPgQ$
>>>
>>>>> A
>>>>>> Brief History ~ Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis Written by
>>>>> PSRH#79
>>>>>> Member Worshipful Brother Richard B. Ramage, Appearing in The
>>>>> Missouri
>>>>>> Freemason Fall 2004 (Volume 49, No. 4)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dr. Hal Bush
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Professor of English &
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saint Louis University
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 314-977-3616
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://halbush.com__;!!K543PA!e9LG-7ltv5Lz
>>>>>> hMJVQ9InebE2ADS_QP57C4hzKEDmXWl6dydt_dqxvsI8mihYhQ$
>>>>>>
>>>>>> author blog:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualcof
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/spiritualco
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>> !e9LG-7ltv5LzhMJVQ9InebE2ADS_QP57C4hzKEDmXWl6dydt_dqxvsI5D7ABoA$
>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Wolfgang
>>>>>> Hochbruck <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 9:32 AM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Subject: [External] Re: MT & conspiracy theories?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...Murrell and his gang even more openly get featured in _Tom
>>>>> Sawyer_, i thought, when Tom & Huck find the treasure ... William
>> G.
>>>>> Simms wrote more about Murrell in _Richard Hurdis, or the Avenger
>> of
>>>>> Blood_, and there was a melodrama _Murrell, the Pirate_ (1835),
>>>>> originally written by Nathaniel Harrington Bannister and
>> popularized
>>>>> by Charles Burke, both in their turn inspiring German immigrant
>>>>> Friedrich Gerstäcker who then became they German Simms after his
>>>>> remigration in 1844 with _Die Flusspiraten des Mississippi_ and
>>>>> _Regulatoren in Arkansas_, both loosely based on the Murrell story
>> --
>>>>> This conspiracy myth must have had a lot more traction in the
>> 1840s
>>>>> through the Civil War period than i usually suspected.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> best
>>>>>> w
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 09:37:25 -0500
>>>>>> Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>> That's a great question, Hal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I wrote my dissertation on the figure of the con-artist, I
>>>>> spent
>>>>>>> a little time on conspiracy theories, which are often created
>>>>> and/or
>>>>>>> amplified by con-artists. One of the most extraordinary
>> conspiracy
>>>>>>> theories of the 1830s circulated around "the Mystic Clan." This
>>>>> was,
>>>>>>> supposedly, a secret society led by a notorious outlaw, John
>>>>> Murrell,
>>>>>>> and thanks in large part to Virgil Stewart, who published a
>> series
>>>>> of
>>>>>>> books and pamphlets claiming to expose the Mystic Clan's plots,
>>>>> they
>>>>>>> were planning to start slave insurrections as a distraction
>> while
>>>>>>> they raided banks in major Gulf Coast cities. The conspiracy
>> theory
>>>>>>> synthesizes anti-Black, anti-Semite, anti-Catholic, and several
>>>>> other
>>>>>>> common antebellum prejudices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Twain was definitely aware of Murrell, whose real (and
>> fictional)
>>>>>>> operations had been in the trade corridor where Twain was later
>> a
>>>>>>> pilot. He refers to "Murel" in LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI as a
>>>>> criminal
>>>>>>> "genius" who made Jesse James look like a "retail rascal." In
>> this
>>>>>>> passage, Twain mentions several details from the Mystic Clan
>>>>>>> conspiracy theory and seems to be treating it as accurate
>> history,
>>>>>>> although he also acknowledges in the same paragraph that "cheap
>>>>>>> histories" of romantic outlaws were for sale at train stations
>> and
>>>>>>> steamboat landings. Melville alludes to the same market for
>>>>> specious
>>>>>>> criminal biography in the opening chapter of THE CONFIDENCE-MAN,
>>>>>>> specifically naming Murrell its most profitable topics. I
>> haven't
>>>>> dug
>>>>>>> into whether Twain refers to this conspiracy elsewhere later in
>> his
>>>>> career.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Like you, I'd love to know what others C19 conspiracies people
>> have
>>>>>>> encountered in Twain's life and work. There are, of course,
>> several
>>>>>>> alluded to in Richard Hofstadter's THE PARANOID STYLE IN
>> AMERICAN
>>>>>>> POLITICS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stay safe, everybody.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - MS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 8:42 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear friends: what a week. Can I tie these horrific events into
>>>>> C19
>>>>>>> & MT?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A friend has passed on his terrifying essay on a conspiracy
>>>>> theory
>>>>>>> way back in 1860, see below. I think we need reminding that
>>>>>>> conspiracy theories have a very long history in our nation, and
>>>>> that
>>>>>>> they can be deadly and incendiary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Q; has anyone looked into MT's encounter with and
>> understanding/
>>>>>>> critique of conspiracy theory--pro and con?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> doing some research on the history of lynching, I learned that
>>>>>>> Anthony Bewley, a Methodist minister, was lynched in Fort Worth,
>>>>>>> Texas, back in 1860. Bewley was the victim of a bizarre
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dr. Hal Bush
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Professor of English &
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saint Louis University
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 314-977-3616
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Matt Seybold
>>>>>>> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>>>>>>> Elmira College Editor,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
>>>>>> Dept. of English
>>>>>> Centre for Security and Society
>>>>>> Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
>>>>>> Rempart St. 15
>>>>>> D-79098 Freiburg
>>>>>> Germany
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Matt Seybold
>>>>> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>> Elmira
>>>>> College Editor,
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://MarkTwainStudies.org__;!!K543PA!YvFPFg3nhs0JoTcX9GU97jh4uCJjfys4MEq0lRZDv76p8LIm5_1S-wR8LVnnlg$
>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://MattSeybold.com__;!!K543PA!YvFPFg3nhs0JoTcX9GU97jh4uCJjfys4MEq0lRZDv76p8LIm5_1S-wQh4xkDdg$
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
>>>> Dept. of English
>>>> Centre for Security and Society
>>>> Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
>>>> Rempart St. 15
>>>> D-79098 Freiburg
>>>> Germany
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Matt Seybold
>>> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>>> Elmira College
>>> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
>>> MattSeybold.com
>
>
> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
> Dept. of English
> Centre for Security and Society
> Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
> Rempart St. 15
> D-79098 Freiburg
> Germany
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