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47. I will never set foot in Austria due to their continued lying about their role in WW2

Sat Jan 16, 2016, 10:38 AM

Jan 2016

and their anti-Semitism. If you saw the movie "The Woman in Gold" you know about the Klimt painting that the Austrian government fought to hold onto even tho they knew the Nazis had stolen it and it was left in their national museum in Vienna. It took a Supreme Court decision to finally get it back to the rightful heir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Austria_v._Altmann

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If you got a free vacation trip option, which would you choose? [View all] CTyankee Jan 2016 OP

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why not go in the off season? CTyankee Jan 2016 #4

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I will never set foot in Austria due to their continued lying about their role in WW2 CTyankee Jan 2016 #47

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Nahanni River NWT Mendocino Jan 2016 #52

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