The guides, founded in 1832 by
German publisher Karl Baedeker, contain unforgiving comments on the 'natives' a
traveller might have the misfortune to encounter.
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25 August 2014
PS
During the second World War the Germans targeted British cities, apparently using the Baedecker travel guides to the UK. These were labelled by the British as 'Baedecker raids'.
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