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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.

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  2. Gemeente Amsterdam. "Bevolkingsregister Amsterdam". Amsterdam, Population registry, Amsterdam, archive 5000, inventory 2536, part 3, sheet 192.
  3. Gemeente Nieuwer-Amstel. "Burgerlijke Stand Nieuwer-Amstel". Nieuwer-Amstel, Extract of the baptism record for Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Blickwedel, Der Parochie St. Jacobi, Einbeck, 1883-02-07.
  4. Gemeente Nieuwer-Amstel. "Burgerlijke Stand Nieuwer-Amstel". Nieuwer-Amstel, Declaration regarding the national militia for Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Blickwedel, Haarlem, 1883-03-15.
  5. "The Age". Melbourne, The Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933: the Holodomor. Survivor transcript of Victor Tkacz. Accessed October 15, 2020.

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