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Sunnygirl Posted 7 years ago
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Does it have a special meaning?

Hi everyone,

I'm reading a book about the World War II, and frequently come across the term "The End" (capitals). Does it have a special meaning? Here's one of the sentences:

This was new. Before-meaning before The End, not before the war, but certainly before she came to the castle- Marianne had not been a religious woman.

  

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It seems to be a reference to what the Germans themselves called the end of the Third Reich. " It is not a know phrase or term in English.

  • It seems to be a reference to what the Germans themselves called the end of the Third Reich.
  • " It is not a know phrase or term in English.
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It seems to be a reference to what the Germans themselves called the end of the Third Reich. In chapter 35, she writes "For Benita, 'The End' that Germans spoke of in the years to come boiled down to this." It is not a know phrase or term in English.

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Sunnygirlabout the World War II,

The second word is superfluous.

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