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“Die Welt ist voller Jugoslawen-Fragmente wie sie oder ich es sind. Die Kinder der Geflüchteten haben längst eigene Kinder, die Schweden sind oder Neuseeländer oder Türken. Ich bin ein egoistisches Fragment.”

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