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Originally Posted by Acajack
I betcha there are buildings in Europe that were in 3-4 or maybe even 5 different "countries" during the 20th century alone.
Also people who live in the same house their entire lives but were residents of multiple "countries" during their lifetimes.
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If you find that kind of thing interesting, you might like the book "A Time of Gifts". The author walked from the Netherlands to Istanbul via Central Europe in the 1930's, which at the time has just experienced the collapse of Austria-Hungary as was dealing with Nazi and communist uprisings (he arrives in Vienna as Nazis are fighting against the police and government). Many of the places he visited were basically gone 10 years later, and many of the people died in the war. During WWII he parachuted into occupied Crete, pretended to be a shepherd, and eventually managed to capture the German commander of the island.
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