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Hoffmann von Fallersleben
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German poet and scholar of early German literature. In 1841, on Heligoland, he wrote the 'Lied der Deutschen', whose third stanza is the national anthem of Germany. Dismissed from his professorship for his liberal views, he spent his last years as librarian of the ducal library at Corvey.
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