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Wartime influence on German Gaels

Germany's wartime past played a part in encouraging young Germans to take an interest in Scottish culture, according to a Scots academic.

Germans account for the biggest overseas uptake at Skye's Gaelic college and large numbers also attend summer schools on the Western Isles.

Dr Donald William Stewart, of the University of Edinburgh, has been studying Germany's Celtic connections....
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