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If it's not obvious (and even if it is), the sign says "drinking water."

Ein Schild mit der Aufschrift Trinkwasser. Not a sanitary sign, we'd had marked that with a 'red' cross.

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"Despite the air of impending crisis preceding World War I, the city grew constantly until 1914. By that year it had become one of the most densely-populated industrial cities in the world—13,280 inhabitants per square kilometre (34,400 /sq mi). A major battle was fought near the city in late 1914, and as a result the city came under German occupation after 6 December ." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA

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"Karl Litzmann (January 22, 1850, Neuglobsow, Stechlin, Brandenburg - May 28, 1936, Neuglobsow, Stechlin, Germany) was a German World War I general and later Nazi Party member and state politician." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Litzmann de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Litzmann "Karl Litzmann (* 22. Januar 1850 in Neu Globsow; † 28. Mai 1936 ebenda) war ein preußischer Offizier, zuletzt General der Infanterie im Ersten Weltkrieg sowie Politiker (NSDAP). Als Reichstagsabgeordneter der NSDAP war er letzter Alterspräsident des noch pluralistischen Reichstags der Weimarer Republik."

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