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14. It's rare to find Americans who have actually known former HJ members.

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Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:02 AM

Jan 20

This guy was young enough to have been thoroughly indoctrinated, but old enough to realize it afterward. Though not really related, my wife called him and his wife her “uncle and aunt” all her life. He became the manager of a large bicycle factory (main mode of transportation where she grew up). He saw how smart she was, and had her managing finances and payroll before she turned 20. She only left because she wanted to see more of the world than a tiny farming village community offered. North America was beyond the scope of her imagination at the time though. At age 19, she thought it was a place she would never see.

I am on a rare 3 day visit to Dallas at the moment. Back up to DC on Wednesday, and then back to Düsseldorf Saturday afternoon.

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Thanks for this ReRe Jan 20 #11

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