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	Im Jahre 1948 nahm die Geschichte der beschaulichen Universitätsstadt am Rhein, die um die Jahrhundertwende viele pensionierte preußische Beamte angezogen hatte, eine überraschende Wende. [G]	In 1948 the history of the small university town on the Rhine that had attracted many retired Prussian civil servants at the turn of the century took a surprising turn.
	Selbst die Mäzene der Jahrhundertwende saßen am Ende der Saison im Berliner Hotel Adlon und beglichen die Verluste in den herumgereichten Zylinderhut. [G]	At the turn of the century in the classy Hotel Adlon in Berlin racing patrons would pass round a top-hat at the end of the season to make up the money lost.
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