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When Stanislawa “Stasia” Krygowska Woltosz, nee Ferus, was a teenager in the southeastern Polish village of Odrzykon, she ...

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German lawmakers have approved the government’s plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed ...