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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 2:03 pm
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oneant
 
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Originally Posted by MapleLeaf
I had this discussion with a friend last night. Until now the term Homeland was mostly associated with Nazi Germany. It was also used by South Africa during the time of Apartheid and by Russia during its communist days.

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I'm not sure about SA and their use, but Germany was the "Fatherland" and Russia was the "Motherland."
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