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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R. F. Hahn </font><a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">sassisch@yahoo.com</font></a></span></div>

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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Lowlanders,</font></span></div>

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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In case you are interested in the history of the Hanseatic Trading League and in case you understand German, you might enjoy the following documentary (somewhat dumbed down for the average Jo):</font></span></div>

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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noFrQiKD_w"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noFrQiKD_w</font></a></span></div>

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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA</font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span></div>

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