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The last witness

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Monday November 21, 2005 18:12author by Aunty War

Last allied witness of WWI Christmas truce dies
By Peter Graff
LONDON (Reuters) - The last known surviving allied veteran of the Christmas Truce that saw German and British soldiers shake hands between the trenches in World War One died Monday at 109, his parish priest said.

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