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2012-01-16 00:45 Castel 3872×2592× (648525 bytes) {{Informazioni file |Descrizione = Foto segnaletica di Herbert Kappler scattata dagli Alleati il 9 maggio 1945 in Italia (immagine completa di fronte e di profilo) |Fonte = http://casarrubea.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/telex-nazisti-sullitalia/ |Data = 1945
2009-03-23 08:53 Gierre 280×415× (17485 bytes) Foto di Herbert Kappler, scattata dagli Alleati il 9 maggio 1945 in Italia
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