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Wilson Statue Dynamited by Nazis

February 7, 1940
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A monument to Woodrow Wilson in Poznan, Nazi occupied Poland, has been dynamited by drunken Nazi storm troopers, unofficial sources here reported today. The statue was first shot through the head by a German soldier, the report said. A high official of the State Department said the Department had received no information about the incident.

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