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In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service.
Ernst Toller
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Ernst Toller
Age: 45 †
Born: 1893
Born: December 1
Died: 1939
Died: May 22
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