In Hitler's Reichstag speech following the purge, Hitler denounced the Freikorps as lawless "moral degeneratesaimed at the destruction of all existing institutions" and as "pathological enemies of the state[and] enemies of all authority," despite his previous public adoration of the movement. Single language only. I can send you a scan of a photo of the flag if you are interested. The Estonians launched a counterattack and drove the Freikorps out of the town. The anti-Napoleonic guerrilla movements in Germany, Russia and Spain in the early 1810s also produced their own style of poetry, hussar poetry or Freikorps poetry, written by soldier-poets. [15], Regardless of reasons for joining, modern German historians agree that men of the Freikorps consistently embodied post-Enlightenment masculine ideals that are characterized by "physical, emotional, and moral 'hardness'". Sell it yourself Shop with confidence eBay Money Back Guarantee mirrors, Several militias (free corps) were created by German military officers to fight against communists. The Rossbach Corps correct name is Freikorps Robach The Ehrhardt Brigades correct name is 2. On November 5, 1918, a temporary Regency Council (Regentschaftsrat) for the United Baltic Duchy, led by Baron Adolf Pilar von Pilchau, was formed on a joint basis from the two local Land Councils. Quick View. They were the main paramilitary groups during that time. With reinforcements arriving and new combat tactics, the front on the Windau (Lat. stripes and a silver 'R' in centre. In all, the Iron Division transferred over 14,000 men, 64 aircraft, 56 artillery pieces, and 156 machine guns. The German Ober Ost occupation authorities under command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria favored the Baltic Germans, who had been the most dominant local ethnic group socially, economically, and politically in Courland, Livonia, and Estonia[citation needed]. 1.1 Silver Legion protests; . Update: Uniform darkened for more accuracy. The main blow in the campaign was delivered by the Baltische Landeswehr, which first occupied the port of Ventspils and then drove south to Riga. The combat effectiveness of the six Viennese Freikorps (37,000 infantrymen and cavalrymen), however, was low. They effectively fought as mercenary or private armies, regardless of their own nationality. We were a band of fighters drunk with all the passions of the world; full of lust, exultant in action. Wonderful Settlement Opportunity! The volunteers each signed a one-month contract, received a Baltic allowance in addition to their pay and had the prospect of becoming a Latvian citizen; they were also promised land for settlement, albeit without authorization. [9] Hundreds were murdered in the Freikorps' Eastern campaigns, such as the massacre of 500 Latvian civilians suspected of harbouring bolshevik sympathies or the capture of Riga which saw the Freikorps slaughter some 3,000 people. More Best Price - Avg: $328.38, Low: $13.64, High: $818.63. While exact numbers are difficult to determine, historians agree that some 500,000 men were formal Freikorps members with another 1.5 million men participating informally. These irregular units operated in conjunction with Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov's regular Russian Imperial Army and Ataman Matvei Platov's Cossack detachments, harassing the French supply lines and inflicting defeats on the retreating Grande Arme in the battles of Krasnoi and the Berezina. After the failed Kapp-Ltwitz Putsch in March 1920 that the Freikorps participated in, the Freikorps' autonomy and strength steadily declined as Hans von Seeckt, commander of the Reichswehr, removed all Freikorps members from the army and restricted the movements' access to future funding and equipment from the government. Licenciado del ejrcito en 1919, Scholz fue miembro de la fuerza paramilitar del Freikorps desde 1921. The division , at times up to 16,000 men , was disbanded in early 1920 due to mutiny . The remaining Freikorpsmen felt betrayed by their own government. Giraud drew the members of the all-volunteer unit from residents of Northern Africa of diverse religious backgrounds (Christian, Jew, and Muslim) and gave them the title of Vlite, a name inspired by the elite light infantry of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, who were named after the Roman Velites. 2021 eMedals Inc | Militaria & Historica | eMedals Inc. All Rights Reserved. Heydebreck, who later become one of many SA victims of the Hitlers night time purge known as the "Night of the Long Knives", wrote a book of his Freikorps experiences, entitled Wir Werwlfe (We Werewolves). Rank patch added to sleeve. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. After the subsequent evacuation of Riga and theAt the Strasdenhof armistice , the division found itself again in the Olai sector. The first freikorps were started by Frederick II of Prussia in the eighteenth century during the Seven Years' War. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Iron Division | Freikorps Baltic Border Protection East Cap Coup Silesia at the best online prices at eBay! All languages. [12] Historian Nigel Jones notes that as a result of the Freikorps' violence, Munich's undertakers were overwhelmed, resulting in bodies lying in the streets and decaying until mass graves were completed. It was not very good at this work and was sent to fight as an army unit but was not good at this either and was ended in less than one year. Iron Division (Eiserne Division, related to Eiserne Brigade) - Fought in the Baltic. Enamel pin with skull and "UND DOCH!" for veterans of the "Iron Division" (Eiserne Division) Freikorps formation that fought in the Baltic States in 1919.This pin was probably made in the late 1920s. In late February, only the seaport of Liepja and its surroundings remained in the hands of the German and Latvian forces. Freikorps Robach (Rossbach) - started by Gerhard Robach - rescued the Iron Division after a 12,000 mile march. Former division members were later also involved in the free corps battles in the Ruhr area (Ruhr uprising ) and Upper Silesia ( uprising in Upper Silesia ). Free shipping for many products! The word Freikorps (German for "Free Corps") was first used for voluntary armies in Germany. It was the best known formation of the free corps in the Baltic States. In mid-December the last units crossed the German border near Memel . This squadron was placed under the command of Lieutenant Johann Michael von Kovacs. Hermann Ehrhardt, who started the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, and his deputy Commander, Eberhard Kautter, did not want to help Hitler and Erich von Ludendorff in the Beer Hall Putsch. Marinebrigade Ehrhardt (The Second Naval Brigade) - took part in the Kapp Putsch of 1920 - disbanded members started the Organisation Consul, which did hundreds of political murders This reskin is based on the Kriegsmarine Naval Infantry. The motto "Und Doch" appeared on the Eiserne Division flag as well as the unit's commemorative medal, both of which are illustrated in Osprey Elite 76: The German Freikorps, 1918-23. They were ostensibly mustered to fight on behalf of the government[2] against the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic backed German communists attempting to overthrow the Weimar Republic. Links: FOTW homepage | Waite also says that in Hitler's 'Rohm Purge' speech to the Reichstag on July 13, 1934, that Hitler said that the Freikorps were enemies of Germany. Something went wrong. The French Volontaires de Saxe combined uhlans and dragoons. Here we see a pictures that evokes the spirit with two former FR.73 soldiers who have joined in the Freikorps Iron Division, which served in the Baltic. The Prussian von Kleist Freikorps included infantry, jger, dragoons and hussars. Because of the many attacks and overloading of the field gendarmerie , special company courts had to be set up. They were often used to ward off Maria Theresa's Pandurs. The Allies ordered the German government to withdraw its troops from the Baltic after the defeat of Bolsheviks. The Imperial German government established occupation governments in Estonia and Latvia and granted independence to a puppet government in Lithuania on March 25, 1918[citation needed]. The Iron Division was raised in 1919 by Major Josef Bischoff and its membership was primarily composed of former members of the German 8th Army. The Germans convinced the British to postpone the withdrawal of the German Freikorps units because this would give the Bolsheviks a free hand. The German forces advanced north towards the Latvian city of Csis. The Reichsheer consisted of 2 Group Commands, 7 Infantry Divisions, and 3 Cavalry Divisions. The Latvian nationalists had turned against the German Freikorps and sought assistance from the Estonian troops who had occupied Latvian territory north of the Daugava River. "IRON DIVISION MEDAL" By Signalcorps45 January 1, 2010 in Germany: Weimar Republic & Deutsche Freikorps. Many of the Friekorps had joined the SA, so when the Night of the Long Knives happened, they were targets for being murdered or arrested and this was also done to Ehrhardt and to Rhm. The objective of the German forces had now clearly become the establishment of German supremacy in the Baltic by eliminating the Estonian military and Latvian national units, not the defeat of the Bolsheviks. Followers 1. Not for commercial use, not for public display,not for resale. And what we knew, we did not want! [9] Unlike in the German Revolution of 1918-19 or their involvement in Eastern Europe, the Freikorps now had almost no military value and were instead utilized by the Nazis as thugs to engage in street brawls with communists and to break up communist and socialist meetings alongside the SA to gain a political edge. They were also used to defeat the Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919.[1]. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. In March 1919, the Iron Brigade helped the German detachments win a series of victories over the Red forces. At least the division should remain in place for as long as possible in order to assist in a reactionary overthrow in Germany. After the demobilization, many members of the division stayed together as agricultural workers' communities on estates in Pomerania. Personal presentation use or non-commercial, non-public use within a company or organization only. Anti-communist paramilitary organizations of Germany in Baltic states, 1917: Russia cedes the Baltics to Germany, 1918: Germany loses World War I, Red Army threatens, Archive World War I documents assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List, Pygmy Wars (personal site) with emphasis on the Battle of Csis, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freikorps_in_the_Baltic&oldid=1134976795, Organizations of the German Revolution of 19181919, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 January 2023, at 21:16. At the end of 1759, the first four squadrons of dragoons (also called horse grenadiers) of the Freikorps were organised. There, Plzing chose a dozen alleged communist workers none of whom were actually communists, but members of the Social Democratic Party and shot them on the spot. Major Bischoff created a German Legion from over a dozen Freikorps units and turned the units over to the West Russian Volunteer Army. [13][18] Historians Nigel Jones and Thomas Khne agree with Theweleit's gendered framework of understanding masculinity within the Freikorps, noting that their displays of violence, terror, and male aggression and solidarity established the beginnings of the fascist New Man that the Nazis built upon.[10][20]. The Corps also included many Spanish and International old combatants of the Spanish Republican Army, which had sought refuge in Northern Africa in 1939. Six cavalry units and a field hospital also went over. When the division's first transports were ready for loading to Germany on August 23, 1919, Bischoff decided at his own risk to refuse to give orders and stopped any further transport. In 1920, Adolf Hitler had started his political work as the leader of the very small and unknown German Workers Party (that was soon called the National Socialist German Workers Party, NSDAP (or Nazi Party)) in Munich. Heinz Guderian (April to August as Second General Staff Officer ), Rudolf Berthold , Bruno Loerzer , Kurt Andersen , Paul Hofmann , Kurt Kaul , Bernhard Ruberg , Richard Manderbach , Gnther Pancke . After 1918, the word was used for the paramilitary organizations that were started in Germany by soldiers who came home after losing World War I. [12] Freikorps Ebbinghaus Freikorps Oberland Eiserne Brigade (Iron Brigade, later Iron Division) Freikorps Epp Hamburg Free Corps [15] Lowenfeld Brigade (First Naval Brigade) 17-19 Garway Road Throughout the 19th century, these anti-Napoleonic Freikorps were greatly praised and glorified by German nationalists, and a heroic myth built up around their exploits. - black flag with white skull. On January 16, the command of the Iron Brigade changed from Colonel Friedrich Kumme to Major Josef Bischoff . To a lesser extent, German youth who were not old enough to have served in World War I enlisted in the Freikorps in hopes of proving themselves as patriots and as men. An indefinable, surging force welled up from every part of our being and flayed us onward. Single use, any size, inside only. Freikorps Wojna domowa w Rosji Kytt kohteessa pnb.wikipedia.org Kytt kohteessa sh.wikipedia.org Estonski rat za nezavisnost Nyt lis tmn tiedoston jrjestelmnlaajuista kytt . Print run up to 1500. The Freikorps Danmark (called Frikorps Danmark by the Danes, sometimes listed as SS-Freiwilligen-Verband Dnemark) was founded in 1941 on the request of the Danish NS-party (Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejder Parti (DNSAP)) and with the approval of the Danish government.There were some trouble with recruiting officers until it was decided that they would keep their Danish rank (and . Iron Division was thename of a military association made up of German volunteers that took part in the Latvian War of Independencein the Baltic Statesin 1919 . This fanatical right-wing predecessor of the future National Socialist brown shirts, or Sturmabteilung (SA/Storm Troopers), soon became involved in violent street fights and melees with communists and other left-wing militias, such as the League of Red Front Fighters (Red Front) and the Spartacists. - Hamburg Corps: Red flag with white castle of Hamburg but above flag a black They were the main paramilitary groups during that time. The CFA formally was dissolved on 9 July 1943, with its members and equipment forming the corps of the newly created African Commando Group (GCA) on 13 July 1943 in Dupleix, Algeria, today seen as a forebear to the postwar Parachutist Shock Battalions and the modern day 13th RDP. 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Those led by Schill were decimated in the Battle of Stralsund (1809); many were killed in battle or executed at Napoleon's command in the aftermath. Occupied Munich following the revolution of April 1919. - Corps against Poles in Upper Silesia: White flag with white bordered yellow Martin Bormann, eventual head of the Nazi party Chancellery and Private Secretary to Hitler joined the Gerhard Robach's Freikorps in Mecklenburg as a Section leader and quartermaster. They functioned as the Free French equivalent to the British Commandos. Posted January 1, 2010. By taking over closed volunteer corps and individual volunteers, the division achieved a catering level of around 14,000 men by the summer of 1919. View cart for details. search | The Freikorps were regarded as unreliable by regular armies, so they were used mainly as sentries and for minor duties. Created by Silent. [16] Others, angry at Germany's sudden, seemingly inexplicable defeat, joined the Freikorps in an effort to fight against communism and socialism in Germany or to exact some form of revenge on those they considered responsible. After World War I the term was used for paramilitary units. Britain backed down after recognizing the gravity of the military situation, and the Freikorps moved on and captured Riga on May 23, 1919.[1]. Other freikorps were started during the Napoleonic Wars and were commanded by people such as Ferdinand von Schill and later Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Ltzow. - Bermondt's Iron Division: Biografa. There were also various mixed formations or legions. As a result, we cannot show you the price in catalog or the product page. The meaning of the word changed over time. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Press J to jump to the feed. Their lyrics were for the most part patriotic, republican, anti-monarchical and anti-French. Private only (no Commercial Use). During this period of time various homemade flags and standards were used by these factions of the Free Corps. As a result, the Red Armies initially gave up the fight for Latvia. In the information and photos I've seen of their flag it was in black with a large capital R (larger than the one on your illustration and not anything like that font, more basic font such as Arial) and the two lines are horisontal, one going through the upper part of the R and the other the lower part of the R. Their soldiers were given no entitlement to pensions or invalidity payments. Print and/or digital, including use in online academic databases. Freikorps (German: [fako], "Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps"[1]) were irregular German and other European military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. On January 3, a council government entered Riga (see Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (19181920) ). [9], Numerous future members and leader of the Nazi Party served in the Freikorps. He entrusted the creation and command of this new unit to Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Kleist. [21] By this time, the Freikorps had served Ebert's purpose of suppressing revolts and communist uprisings. Single language only. These, sometimes exotically equipped, units served as infantry and cavalry (or, more rarely, as artillery); sometimes in just company strength and sometimes in formations of up to several thousand strong. (Not that the planes had much to do anyway.) Share More sharing options. However, the Freikorps' goal of creating a German-dominated state in Courland and Livonia failed. [10] The brigades included Hermann Ehrhardt's second Marine Brigade Freikorps, the Gorlitz Freikorps under Lieutenant Colonel Faupel, and two Swabian divisions from Wrttemberg under General Haas and Major Hirl as well as the largest Freikorps in Bavaria commanded by Colonel Franz Ritter von Epp. Posts: 3438. [9][18] They were to be as "swift as greyhounds, tough as leather, [and] hard as Krupp steel" so as to defend what remained of German conservatism in times of social chaos, confusion, and revolution that came to define the immediate interwar era. Tras la guerra, Kleinheisterkamp se uni al grupo paramilitar de los Freikorps y . On June 21, the Estonians received reinforcements and immediately attacked the Landeswehr under Fletcher, who was forced to withdraw from an area to the northeast of Csis. This page may contain sensitive or adult content that's not for everyone. Our price is lower than the manufacturer's "minimum advertised price." Many people who would join this party had been in the Freikorps, including Ernst Rhm, future leader of the Sturmabteilung, or SA, and Rudolf H, the future Commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Many of the Friekorps had joined the SA, so when the Night of the Long Knives happened, they were targets for being murdered or arrested and this was also done to Ehrhardt and to Rhm. The volunteers were given impunity , but had no opportunity to join the Reichswehr or find jobs in industry. 5 Lutzowsches Freikorps 1. "[9] Expanding upon this, in Klaus Theweleit's two-volume study of Freikorps masculinity and identity, Male Fantasies, Theweleit argues that men in the Freikorps radicalized Western and German norms of male self-control, as well as about cold, tough, and hard masculinity, into a perpetual war against their very antithesis, women and femininity most notably femininely-coded desires for domesticity, tenderness, and compassion within men. [10], The Freikorps also fought against communists and Bolsheviks in Eastern Europe, most notably East Prussia, Latvia, Silesia, and Poland. The Baltic lands were nominally recognized as a sovereign state by Kaiser Wilhelm II on September 22, 1918, half a year after the newly Soviet Russia had formally relinquished all authority over its former Imperial Baltic provinces in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Here is a mixed company of soldiers of the German "Iron Division" and the West Russian Liberation Army under Fuerst Pavel Rafalovich Bermont-Avalov shortly before their homeward journey by train. In 1923, this veterans group which named itself Werwolfbund Deutscher Mnner und Frontkrieger (Werewolf Organization of German Men and Front Line Soldiers) was formed as apparently part of the Heydebreck Freikorps. [see variant below] [14][15] Jason Crouthamel notes how the Freikorps' military structure was a familiar continuation of the frontlines, emulating the Kampfgemeinschaft (battle community) and Kameradschaft (camaraderie), thus preserving "the heroic spirit of comradeship in the trenches". These corps used flags of their own, most were were destroyed in World War Two, however a few were preserved: This page was last changed on 9 July 2022, at 02:20. The Reichswehr and Reichsmarine would exist until 1935 when the . Waite also says that in Hitler's 'Rohm Purge' speech to the Reichstag on July 13, 1934, that Hitler said that the Freikorps were enemies of Germany. They fought alongside the British 139th Brigade at Kassarine and Sidi Nasr, where they famously conducted a heroic bayonet charge, facing two to one odds, against the Italian 34th Battalion of the 10th Bersaglieri near the mountain of Kef Zilia on the road to Bizerte, taking 380 prisoners, killing the Italian battalion commander, and capturing the plans for Operation Ausladung. Following a series of political revolts and takeovers from German socialists and then Russian-backed Bolsheviks, Noske responded from Berlin by sending various Freikorps brigades to Bavaria in late April totalling some 30,000 men. Personal Prints, Cards, Gifts, Reference. Single territory rights for trade books; worldwide rights for academic books. The Ehrhardt Brigades correct name is 2. During the Kapp Putsch , the division was largely dissolved, but many former members were involved in the putsch. 1760s1940s German volunteer military units, For Freikorps units that started the German war against Czechoslovakia, see, It has been suggested that this article should be, Freikorps involvement in Germany and Eastern Europe, Background, formation and numbering according to Bleckwenn (1986) Vol. On May 22nd, Riga was jointly with the Baltic State Armyrecaptured, with the Iron Division distinguished by its brutality. 5 years. Provisional Freikorps armored vehicle in Berlin during the Kapp Putsch of March 1920. Minister of the Reichswehr, Gustav Noske, visits the Freikorps Hlsen in Berlin in January 1919. Ernst von Salomon, The Outlaws (Die Gechteten), quoted in Waite's Vanguard of Nazism[4], After the capture of Riga, the Freikorps were accused of killing 300 Latvians in Jelgava, 200 in Tukums, 125 in Daugavgrva, and over 3,000 in Riga. Print and/or digital. During their advance, the division reached the western suburbs of Riga without being able to conquer the city. [2] Historian Robert Waite said that Hitler had many problems with the Freikorps. In taking over Algiers, they managed to capture both Admiral Darlan and General Juin, which led to the Darlan Deal wherein Vichy French forces came over to the Allied side. After 1918, the term Freikorps was used for the anti-communist paramilitary organizations that sprang up around the German Empire and the Baltics, as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. Starting in October 1939, the French Army raised a number of Corps Franc units with the mission of carrying out ambush, raid, and harassing operations forward of the Maginot Line during the period known as the Phoney War (Drle de Guerre). Landwehr Regiment from Elbe. 0 sold, 2 available. [21] Von Seeckt was successful, and by 1921 only a small yet devoted core remained, effectively drawing an end to the Freikorps until their resurgence as far-right thugs and street brawlers for the Nazis beginning in 1923. The soldiers of the Freikorps "Iron Divison" fought together with this Russian army against the Bolsheviks. Armed Freikorps paramilitaries in Berlin in 1919. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, GERMAN Freikorps 1919 - Memorial Medal of the Iron Division - Awalo (p, cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab. Landwehr Regiment von Elbe Landwehr Regiment von Elbe - Translated to 1. The Freikorps were very popular during the period of the German War of Liberation (181315), during which von Ltzow, a survivor of Schill's Freikorps, formed his Ltzow Free Corps. It was one of the many Weimar paramilitary groups active during that time. Eiserne Division nannte sich ein aus deutschen Freiwilligen bestehender militrischer Verband, der 1919 im Baltikum am lettischen Unabhngigkeitskrieg teilnahm. The division thus became a reservoir for reactionary , monarchist and nationalist forces. It is so much different from the flag described by Marcus Wendel, that I would suggest it is a different flag that actually existed; maybe a second flag of Freikorps Robach or perhaps of a different unit. Major Bischoff created a German Legion from over a dozen Freikorps units and turned the units over to the West Russian Volunteer Army. Of the numerous Weimar paramilitary groups active during that time, the Freikorps were, and remain, the most notable. They have a prussian blue and white uniform contrasted by light blue. Download this stock image: The Freikorps Iron Division, consisting of Germans and Baltic Germans under the command of Josef Bischoff, holds an equestrian celebration in front of the commander-in-chief of the German troops in the Baltics, General Ruediger von der Goltz (center, with spiked helmet) and the commander-in-chief of the West Russian Liberation Army (right of von der Goltz, with . Darlan was later assassinated by Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, an early member of the Corps Francs d'Afrique. Prisoners were shot and robbed against orders. It took part in the invasion of the USSR attached to Heeresgruppe Sd and during the advance took part in several encirclements of Soviet troops before reaching Rostov November 1941. [10] A memorial on Pfanzeltplatz in Munich commemorates the incident. Marcus E.V. In First Schleswig War of 1848 the Freikorps of von der Tann, Zastrow and others distinguished themselves. Many of these returning soldiers were not able to return to a normal life, and joined a Freikorps to again be a part of a military structure. Thus, after the end of WW I, it was readily adopted by many of the free corps, for example the Freiko In order to protect the evacuation of troops and material, the so-called Iron Brigade was recruited from November 29th from soldiers of the army . Liepja ) and had supply concerns because rear red soldiers' councils blocked the railroad for the border guards. Was rescued by the Rossbach Freikorps. Drag your file here or click Browse below. [10], The Bavarian Soviet Republic was a short-lived and unrecognized socialist-communist state from 12 April 1919 - 3 May 1919 in Bavaria during the German Revolution of 1918-19. In the case of capture, their members were at risk of being executed as irregular fighters. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [10] On 5 May 1919, Lieutenant Georg Plzing, one of Schulz's officers, travelled to the town of Perlach outside of Munich. RM Image ID: TA16YF Preview Image details Contributor: Les corps francs de la Baltique dsignent de manire gnrique les diffrents Freikorps (corps franc), organisations paramilitaires s'tant constitues dans l'Empire allemand, qui volurent notamment dans les pays baltes au sortir de la Premire Guerre mondiale.

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