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Also Known As Teutonic peoples

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Felix Dahn
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Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, marble bust by an unknown artist; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
Roman commander [38 bc–9 bc]
Konrad Henlein.
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten-German politician
Adolf Ludwig Follen
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Maroboduus
king of Marcomanni
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg
German Nazi leader
Beatus Rhenanus
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Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
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Tacitus
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Wilhelm Carl Grimm
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