Word: plattdeutsch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Buenos Aires' waterfront park, they stared at the glittering skyline, at the bulging grain elevators, and the ships from half the world loading with rich Argentine produce. Patiently they bore the midsummer heat (Paraguay would be hotter), queued for food, washed themselves at one open hydrant, spoke in Plattdeutsch of husbands, sons and brothers not yet given up for lost. Sometimes at night a few gathered around an accordion to sing "Now thank we all our God, with hearts and hands and voices...
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