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Socialist and National Socialist Megalomania

I offer this new word to add to your foreign language lexicon: “Schwerbelastungskörper” – German for “heavy load test structure.” It’s the name for a cluster of brie-shaped structures still visible in present-day Berlin that are associated with one of … Continue reading

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