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Day: July 25, 2018

A Point in Time: 1980 – Madame de Meuron

July 25, 2018April 2, 2026 Lisa

“If that happens then I can call myself ‘von’”. I’ve heard many people make such exclamations. That means that you’d be somebody, somebody important or as they say in Swiss German you’d be “more better”. To be sure, the Bernese… Read moreA Point in Time: 1980 – Madame de Meuron

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