>>>btw... i do speak German.
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>Yes, but Brugge isn't in the German-speaking Canton that was annexed from Prussian Germany after WWI. ;-)
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>Seems to me that speaking German isn't the spectre in Europe as it seems in the US. In fact, if not for the anti-Semitism and other bigotry, perhaps German rule wouldn't have been so bad- especially since they ended up dominating Europe anyway.
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Indeed.

The real victors on the W European war theatre were the Russians and oh boy did they pay the price...