
Gottfried Schwab. Alexanderweg, Darmstadt, Germany. |

Karl Wolfskehl. Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany. |

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Herrngarten, Darmstadt, Germany. |

Martin Zeiller. Neckarstaden, Heidelberg, Germany. |

Joseph von Eichendorff. Eichendorffplatz,
Rohrbach, Germany. |

Joseph von Eichendorff.
Philosophenweg, Heidelberg, Germany. |

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Schloßgarten, Heidelberg,
Germany. |

Joseph Victor von Scheffel. Schloßgarten, Heidelberg, Germany. |

Gottfried Nadler. Krahnenplatz, Heidelberg, Germany. |

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Maximiliansplatz, Munich,
Germany.
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Friedrich von Schiller. Maximiliansplatz, Munich, Germany.
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Sigi Sommer. Rosenstraße, Munich, Germany.
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Carl Spitzweg. Sankt Jacobsplatz, Munich, Germany.
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Emerenz Meier. Donaukai, Passau, Germany.
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Adalbert Stifter.
Stifterplatz, Linz, Austria. |

Franz Stelzhamer. Volksgarten, Linz, Austria.
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Adalbert Stifter. Promenade, Linz, Austria. |

Josef Weinheber.
Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria.
PROTESTAKTION BEI WEINHEBER-DENKMAL Die „Plattform Geschichtspolitik“ an der
Akademie der Bildenden Künste hat im Schillerpark vor der
Uni eine kritische Ausgrabungs-Aktion vorgenommen. Im
Zentrum stand die Büste des Dichters und bekennenden
Nationalsozialisten Josef Weinheber.
„Das Denkmal kann unserer Meinung
nach keinesfalls in dieser Form bestehen bleiben“, hatten
Eduard Freudmann, Chris Gangl und Tatiana Kai-Browne in
einem „Bekennerschreiben“ erklärt. Mit Ihrer
„landschaftsarchitektonischen“ Aktion wollten sie eine
kulturpolitische Debatte anstoßen, die sich mit Weinheber
beschäftigen sollte.
„Trotz wiederholter Kritik verabsäumte die Stadt Wien bis heute eine
Kontextualisierung beziehungsweise Umgestaltung des
Denkmals. Im Gegenteil: als Reaktion auf diverse
Interventionen befestigte die Stadt Wien das Personendenkmal
1991 mit einem unterirdischen Beton-Sockel von einem
Kubikmeter Volumen“, hieß es von der Plattform.
Über den Amtsweg hatten die Aktivisten bereits versucht, eine Umgestaltung
zu erwirken - mit negativem Bescheid. Die Intervention, bei
der man den Betonsockel und damit die Geschichte des
Denkmals sichtbar machen wollte, zog eine Konsequenz nach
sich: Arbeiter vom Gartenamt gesellten sich am
Montagvormittag dazu, um das ausgehobene Loch wieder
zuzuschütten.
Kulturstadtrat Andreas Mailath-Pokorny (SPÖ) hätte das von den Aktivisten
ausgehobene Loch rund um das Weinheber-Denkmal „am liebsten
so belassen“, wie es aus seinem Büro hieß. Die Ausgrabung
des Sockels hätte als „Diskussionspotenzial für den
öffentlichen Diskurs“ über die Zukunft der Büste dienen
können - aber das Gartenamt kam dem Kulturamt zuvor. Nun
wolle man sich eine künftige Umgestaltung gemeinsam mit der
KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum „genau ansehen“. Möglich
sei auch ein Wettbewerb.
„Es geht darum zu zeigen, dass Weinheber nicht nur ein sehr berühmte und
wienerischer Dichter war, sondern auch Nationalsozialist.
Und die Nazis haben ihn auch vereinnahmt. Ich glaube, dass
sollten wir sowohl beim Denkmal als auch beim Straßennamen
dokumentieren“, sagte Mailath-Pokorny gegenüber Radio Wien.
Plattform
Geschichtspolitik
Publiziert am 01.07.2013
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Friedrich von Schiller.
Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria. |

Franz Werfel.
Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria. |

Nikolaus Lenau.
Schillerpark, Vienna, Austria. |

Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe. Opernring, Vienna, Austria. |

Franz Grillparzer.
Volksgarten, Vienna, Austria. |
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Pietro Metastasio. Minoritenkirche, Minoritenplatz, Vienna,
Austria.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Judenplatz, Vienna, Austra.
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Pavol Országh
Hviezdoslav. Hviezdoslavovo Námestie, Bratislava, Slovakia. |

Sándor Petöfi. Medická
Záhrada, Bratislava, Slovakia. |

Károly Kisfaludy. Bécsi
Kapu Tér, Györ, Hungary. |

János Bacsányi. Vár utca 35, Veszprém, Hungary.
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Sándor Petöfi. Színház Kert,
Veszprém, Hungary.
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Károly Eötvös. Tagore
stny. Balatonfüred, Hungary.
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Tibor Déry. Tagore stny.
Balatonfüred, Hungary.
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Sándor Kisfaludy. Tagore
stny. Balatonfüred, Hungary.
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Mihaly Vörösmartÿ.
Vörösmartÿ tér, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
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Ferenc Móra. Móra Ferenc
utca, Budapest, Hungary.
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Jószef baron Eötvös de
Vásárosnamény. Apáczai Csere János utca, Budapest, Hungary.
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Sándor Petöfi. Petöfi
tér, Budapest, Hungary.
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Mihály Vörösmarty.
Vörösmarty tér, Budapest, Hungary.
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Endre Ady. Budapest,
Hungary.
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Baron Bálint Balassi de
Kékko et Gyar. Kodály Körönd, Budapest, Hungary.
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Officer and poet Miklos
Zrinyi. Kodály körönd, Budapest, Hungary.
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Jókai Mór. Andrássy út, Budapest, Hungary. |

Janos Arany. Medgyessy
sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Albert Wass. Medgyessy
sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Mihaly Fazekas. Medgyessy
sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Arpád Tóth. Medgyessy
sétány, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Endre Ady. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary. |

Lőrinc Szabo. Medgyessy sétány, Debrecen, Hungary. |

Lőrinc Szabo. Piac utca,
Debrecen, Hungary. |

Sándor Petőfi. Petőfi
tér, Debrecen, Hungary. |

Mihaly Fazekas. Piac
utca, Debrecen, Hungary. |

Mihaly Fazekas.
Reformatus nagytemplom, Kossuth tér, Debrecen, Hungary. |

Janos
Arany. Reformatus nagytemplom, Kossuth tér, Debrecen.
Hungary. |

Mihály ‘Csokonai’ Vitéz. Kálvin tér,
Debrecen, Hungary. |

Endre Ady. Corner Calea
Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

Gyula Juhász. Corner
Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

The Holnap poets:
F.l.t.r.: Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, Akos Dutka, Tamás Emőd.
Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

The Holnap poets:
F.l.t.r.: Endre Ady, Gyula Juhász, Akos Dutka, Tamás Emőd.
Corner Calea Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

Akos Dutka. Corner Calea
Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

Tamas Emőd. Corner Calea
Republicii / Calea Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

Endre Ady. Calea
Moscovei, Oradea, Romania. |

Octavian Goga. Parcul Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
According to visitors of Parcul Central, the status of this
bust is uncertain. Octavian Goga (1881 – 1938) wasn’t only a
poet but also a journalist and politician. He was Prime
Minister of Romania for three months. In this short period
he became known for the anti-Semitic laws which were passed
under his authority. In January
1938 his government stripped Romanian Jews of their
citizenship. The regime established by Goga and others gave
itself a paramilitary wing of fascist character, the
Lǎncieri, meaning lance-bearers. They were heavily involved
in violence against the Jews. When Goga died, Hitler sent a
floral tribute as a token of respect.
In 2012 the statue was smeared with brown paint. Later,
unknown activists who want the bust removed, also gave the
metal Goga a red nose.
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Liviu Rebreanu. Parcul
Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |

George Cosbuc. Parcul
Central, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |

Mihai Eminescu. Piata
Stefan cel Mare 2-4, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |

Lucian Blaga. Piata
Stefan cel Mare 2-4, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |

Lucian Blaga. Bulevardul
Lucian Blaga 45, Sebeş, Romania. |

Andrei Muresanu.
Parcul Astra, Sibiu, Romania.
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Octavian Goga,
Parcul Astra, Sibiu, Romania.
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Andrei Muresano,
Bulevardul Eroilor, Braşov, Romania.
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Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Strada
Prundului 4, Braşov, Romania. |

Ovid, Piaƫa Ovidiu,
Constanƫa, Romania. |

Mihai Eminescu. Comandamentul
Flotei, Cap Constanƫa, Constanƫa, Romania. |

Smaranda Gheorghiu, better
known as Maica Smara (Smara’s mother). Parcul Mitropoliei,
Târgoviște, Romania. |

Ion Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești.
Calea Domnească, Târgoviște,
Romania. |

Ion Alexandru
Btatescu-Voinesti. Muzeul Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea
Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania. |

Ienachita Vacarescu. Muzeul
Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea Domnească, Târgoviște,
Romania. |

Smarandei Gheorghiu, also
known as Maica Smara. Muzeul Scritorilor Damboviteni, Calea
Domnească, Târgoviște, Romania. |

With Mrs. Elena Diaconu, curator of the Writers' Museum in
Târgovişte, Romania.
The Dâmboviţa
Writers' Museum is a cultural gem in Târgovişte, Romania and
belongs to the
Royal Court National Museum Complex. This former house of writer I.
Al. Bratescu Voinesti, who created most of his work here,
was opened to visitors on 30 December 1968. The museum
certifies the role of
Târgovişte as
the first cultural centre of the country. It also shows the
poets of the so-called National Awakening, born in and
around Târgovişte. Two rooms illustrate the life and work of I. Al. Bratescu Voinesti.
With support from his family, the writer’s office was
refurbished. The library contains books on philosophy,
science and literature, many with autographs or notes of the
writer. The visitor can also see correspondence, old
furniture, first editions, fine art, objects of memorial
nature and pictures.
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Vasile Cârlova.
Târgoviște, Romania. |

Vasile Alecsandri.
Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

George Cosbuc. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Ion Creanga. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Mihai Eminescu. Grǎdina
Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu.
Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Ştefan Octavian Iosif.
Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Alexandru Odobescu. Grǎdina
Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Alexandru Vlahuta. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Diuliu Zamfirescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Smarandei Gheorghiu.
Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Traian Demetrescu. Grǎdina Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Victor Eftimiu. Grǎdina
Cişmigiu, Bucharest, Romania. |

Victor Eftimiu. Intrarea
Victor Eftimiu 9, Bucharest, Romania. |

Cincinat Pavelescu.
Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Ienăchiță Văcărescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest,
Romania. |

Liviu Rebreahu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest,
Romania. |

George Cǎlinescu.
Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

George Cosbuc. Cimitirul
Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Mihail Eminescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ,
Bucharest, Romania.
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Marin Preda. Cimitirul
Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Mihail Sadoveanu.
Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Zaharia Stancu. Cimitirul
Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Eugen Barbu. Cimitirul
Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Ion Luca Caragiale.
Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Ion Iuga. Cimitirul
Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Mircea Nedelciu.
Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ, Bucharest, Romania. |

Nichita Stǎnescu. Cimitirul Bellu, Calea Şerban Vodǎ,
Bucharest, Romania.
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Mihai Eminescu. Piaƫa
George Enescu, Bucharest, Romania.
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Hristo Bodev. Alexander
Battenberg Square/Александър
Батенберг
Квадрат,
Ruse, Bulgaria.
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Petko Slaveykov. Ulitsa
Dragoman 5, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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Georgi Hava Rakovski.
Tsar Simeon Garden, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Hristo Botev. Tsar Simeon
Garden, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Peyo Yavorov (Peyo Totev
Kracholov). Ulitsa Chetvarti Yanuari, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Ivan Vazov. Aleksandar
Square, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Pencho Slaveykov (left)
and his father Petko Slaveykov. Slaveykov Square, Sofia,
Bulgaria. |

Georgi Hava Rakovski. Ul.
G.S. Rakovski, Sofia, Bulgaria. |

Aristotle, Aristotelous
Square, Thessaloniki, Greece. |

Grigor Prličev. Makedonski Prosvetiteli, Ohrid, Macedonia. |
Grigor Prličev. Historic centre, Ohrid, Macedonia. |

Naim Frashëri (in the middle). Parku i Mad, Tirana, Albania. |

Faik Bey Konica. Parku i Mad, Tirana, Albania.
"Of the people I have met and whom I remember with the greatest pleasure, Faik Bey Konica is one of the most unusual. // We would have lunch the Albanian way, which is to say, endlessly. The lunches were so long that I could not visit a single museum in London, as we would always arrive when the doors closed, and the attention and care with which Konica edited his articles meant that the journal always came out very late.” Apollinaire in The Mercure de France, 1912. |

Naim Frashëri. Near the International Centre of Culture/Piramida, Tirana, Albania. |

Vladimir Vysotsyi, Bulevar Jovana Tomaševića, Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Vladimir Vysotsyi, Bulevar Jovana Tomaševića, Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Marko Miljanov Popović. Bul. Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica, Montenegro. |

Marin Držić. At the Rector’s Palace, Ul. Pred Dvorom 1, Dubrovnik, Croatia. |

Ivan Gundulić. Gundulić Square, Dubrovnik, Croatia. |
Andrija Kačić Miošić. Trg Fra. Andrije Kačića Miošića, Makarska, Croatia. |
Marko Marulić. Trg Braće Radića, Split, Croatia. |
Petar Zoranić. Trg Sveti Krševana, Zadar, Croatia. |
Juraj Baraković. Trg Tri Bunara, Zadar, Croatia. |
James Joyce. Canal Grande, Trieste, Italy. |
Italo Svevo. Piazza
Hortis, Trieste, Italy. |
Umberto Saba. Via Dante Alighieri, Trieste, Italy. |
Carlo Goldoni. Campo San
Bartolomeo, Venice, Italy. |
With street poet Antonio
Melis, Venice, Italy.
(ANSA) - Venice, September 19 - Police in Venice have charged a
poet and confiscated his writings for selling them on the
streets. Antonio Melis faces a fine of up to 60 euros for
setting up a folding table and asking for money in exchange
for his verse written on rolled-up scrolls of paper.
"He's not being charged for the sale itself," said Marco
Agostini, the director general of the Venice municipality.
"It's because he was on public ground. If (the charges)
concerned the actual sale, it would be a matter of vending
without a permit, which carries a fine of at least 5,000
euros". Agostini said Melis should be held accountable to
the same rules as street artisans, such as landscape
painters common around all Italian art attractions who must
have a permit. Agostini added that the street bard was using
his poetry "as a way to beg for money". GAZZETTA DEI MEZZOGIORNO |

Dante Alighieri. Darsena Grande, Venice, Italy. |

Alessandro Poerio. Calle
Larga de l'Ascension, Venice, Italy. |

Francesco Avesani.
Calle Larga de l'Ascension, Venice, Italy. |

Niccolò Tommaseo. Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy. |

Giorgio Baffo. Campo San
Maurizio, Venice, Italy. |

Felice Cavallotti. Campo San Stefano, Venice, Italy. |

Walther von der Vogelweide. Piazza Walther von der Vogelweide,
Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. |

Anegreta di Altenberg, Poeta Laureata of Bolzano/Bozen. Italy. |

Adolf Pichler. Adolf-Pichler-Platz, Innsbruck,
Austria. |

Gottfried Keller. Spiegelgasse 9, Zürich,
Switzerland. |

James Joyce. Zürichbergstraße, Zürich,
Switzerland. |

Johann Caspar Lavater. 11, Zürich, Switzerland. |

Salomon Gessner. Platzspitz Park, Zürich,
Switzerland. |

Georg Büchner. Spiegelgasse 12, Zürich,
Switzerland. |

Friedrich Hölderlin,
Alter Botanischer Garten, Am Stadtgraben, Tübingen, Germany. |

Eduard Mörike, Am Lustnauer Tor, Tübingen,
Germany. |

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cottahaus, Münzgasse
15, Tübingen, Germany. |

Ludwig Uhland, Platz der Stadt Monthey,
Uhlandstraße, Tübingen, Germany. |

Ottilie Wildermuth, Neckarinsel (Westseite),
Tübingen, Germany. |

Friedrich Hölderlin, An der Neckarbrücke /
Bursagasse 6, Tübingen, Germany. |

Johann Nikolaus Götz. Heylshofpark, Worms,
Germany. |

Hagen (Nibelungenlied). Rheinufer, Worms,
Germany.
Ê daz der künec rîche wider wære
komen,
die wîle hete Hagene den schaz vil
gar genomen.
er sancte in dâ ze Lôche allen in
den Rîn.
er wande er solde in niezen: des enkunde niht gesîn.
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Volker von Alzey (Nibelungenlied). Corner
Marktplatz / Hagenstraße, Worms, Germany. |

Anton van Duinkerken. Grote Markt, Bergen op
Zoom, The Netherlands. |
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