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TIL: The Antichrist windows of Frankfurt were thought lost for much of the 20th century. The giant stained-glass made circa 1365 depicting Satan's doings and other scenes were packed away during WWII to avoid damage. Victorious Soviet forces took them away. Russia returned them in the early 2000s.

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