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Section sizes

Section size for Ernst Jünger (21 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	4,913	4,913
Biography	17	30,437
Early life	2,581	2,581
World War I	5,355	5,355
Interwar period	2,199	2,199
Third Reich	9,545	9,545
Post-war period	3,905	3,905
Later life	4,812	4,812
Death	2,023	2,023
Photography	1,417	1,417
Decorations and awards	2,489	2,489
Bibliography	18	8,616
Collected works	984	984
Non-fiction	1,795	1,795
Novels	325	325
Short stories	247	247
Correspondence	2,307	2,307
English translations	2,940	2,940
Filmography	849	849
References	4,102	4,102
External links	2,003	2,003
Total	54,826	54,826

Stauffenberg bomb plot

"Jünger was involved in the fringes of the Stauffenberg bomb plot - not directly but as a figure of intellectual inspiration. "

If this is the case, a citation that supports this statement should be given. Otherwise this is really really vague and should be deleted.

--zeno 04:27 Jan 13, 2003 (UTC)

His Children?

Can anyone find any printed info on the names of his two children and their birth/(death) dates?

DELETED -- found it...

On the Bomb Plot

ERNST JUNGER, CONTRADICTORY GERMAN AUTHOR WHO WROTE ABOUT WAR, IS DEAD AT 102 David Binder The New York Times, February 18, 1998

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"In Paris he was close to German officers who participated in the July 20, 1944, plot to kill Hitler, but he was not involved in the conspiracy. His punishment was summary dismissal from the Wehrmacht."

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