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"ref": "1935, “Das Jahr der großen Aufmärsche 1931”, in Die Geschichte der Kurhessischen SA, page 85:",
"text": "Als wenn Sie in einer eigenen Versammlung wäre, hatte sich die „Antifa“ in einem großen Klumpen niedergelassen. […] Kurz schwankt die Entscheidung, dann sind wir Sieger, die Antifa ist hinausgehauen.",
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"ref": "2017 December 30, Lukas Hermsmeier, “Schwarze Kapuzen gegen weiße Kapuzen”, in Die Zeit:",
"text": "Auch an den Protesten gegen das WTO-Ministertreffen in Seattle im Jahr 1999 und an Occupy Wall Street, um nur zwei Beispiele zu nennen, beteiligten sich selbst ernannte Antifaschisten. Doch die Antifa blieb ein Nischenthema. Bis Trump kam.",
"translation": "Even in the protests against the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle in 1999 and in Occupy Wall Street, to name just two examples, self-proclaimed antifascists participated. But the Antifa remained a niche topic. Until Trump came",
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"ref": "2017 June 28, Anant Agarwala, Stefan Schirmer, “Kommt eine neue Studentenrevolte?”, in Die Zeit Campus:",
"text": "Das Schanzenviertel, an jedem 1. Mai Kampfplatz von Antifa und Polizei, ist zuplakatiert mit Aufrufen, den Gipfel zu verhindern.",
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