On Sep 18, 6:55 am, Elko T  wrote:   
   > Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   > > On Sep 13, 2:09 pm, Kathryn Huxtable    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> The "Holy Roman Empire". I think it was Voltaire who pointed out that   
   > >> it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. There should be a word   
   > >> for such things... Maybe there is.   
   >   
   > > A line later adapted to describe the German Democratic Republic (the   
   > > former East Germany) which wasn't German, Democratic or a Republic.   
   > > But it did occupy some of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, so   
   > > at least there was symmetry.     
   >   
   >    What do you mean "wasn't German"? What else was it?   
   It was established by Stalin and given no autonomy... it was often   
   called the Soviet Occupied Zone in the west (Sowjetische   
   Besatzungszone or SBZ).   
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