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The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.

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Billy Wilder
Age: 95 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2002
Died: March 27
Film Director
Film Producer
Filmmaker
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Samuel Wilder
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Believe
World
People
Austrian
Beethoven
Hitler
German
Brilliant

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