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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2743099, member: 39&quot;]The &quot;Quäker-Dank&quot; coin should probably say &quot;Thanks to the American Friends Service Committee&quot;. But that may have been a little too much text. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> After WW1 (and also after WW2) the Quakers, or rather their AFSC, organized hunger relief campaigns in Germany, primarily but not only for children. Also, they were not the only community that did that but apparently the most &quot;visible&quot; one, so the term Quäkerspeisung (&quot;Quakers Feeding&quot;?) became popular.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was an important poet, born near Münster in Westphalia. She was also depicted on the last <a href="http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Bilder/Bilderstrecken/Banknoten_Serie3_BBK/banknoten_bdl_20_deutsche_mark_vs.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Bilder/Bilderstrecken/Banknoten_Serie3_BBK/banknoten_bdl_20_deutsche_mark_vs.jpg" rel="nofollow">20 DM note</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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