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When We Were 17: Youth at the Crossroads

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June 15, 2014

The First World War began a hundred years ago - a primal catastrophe and a watershed. In our series we trace the century from 1914 to the present, looking at milestones of German history through the eyes of a man and a woman. In 1933, when the Nazis took power, or in 1968 when students took to the streets: how did it feel to be 17 at the time?

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