What is *Under the Banner of Heaven* about?

*Under the Banner of Heaven* by Jon Krakauer explores the 1984 double murder committed by Mormon Fundamentalist brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who claimed divine justification for their crimes. The book intertwines this true-crime narrative with a critical examination of the history and doctrines of Mormonism, particularly its fundamentalist offshoots that practice polygamy and resist modern governance.

Who should read *Under the Banner of Heaven*?

This book is ideal for true crime enthusiasts, readers interested in religious extremism, and those curious about the historical tensions between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and its radical splinter groups. It appeals to fans of investigative journalism and narratives that dissect the intersection of faith and violence.

Is *Under the Banner of Heaven* worth reading?

Yes, Krakauer’s meticulous research and gripping storytelling make it a compelling read. It offers a chilling look at how religious fervor can justify violence, while contextualizing modern fundamentalist movements within broader Mormon history. Critics praise its depth, though some Mormon scholars dispute its accuracy.

How does *Under the Banner of Heaven* critique religious fundamentalism?

The book argues that fundamentalist ideologies, when divorced from societal oversight, can enable authoritarianism and violence. It highlights how leaders in offshoot Mormon sects wield absolute control—including coercive polygamy—under the guise of divine mandate, often leading to tragic outcomes like the Lafferty murders.

What role does polygamy play in the book?

Polygamy serves as a focal point for Krakauer’s critique of Mormon Fundamentalist communities. He documents cases of underage marriages and systemic oppression of women, contrasting these practices with the LDS Church’s official renunciation of plural marriage in 1890.

How does the LDS Church respond to the book?

The LDS Church condemned *Under the Banner of Heaven* as misleading and historically inaccurate. Officials criticized Krakauer for conflating mainstream Mormonism with extremist factions, arguing that the book unfairly portrays the faith as inherently violent.

What historical events does Krakauer examine?

Krakauer traces Mormonism’s origins, including Joseph Smith’s founding revelations, the 19th-century persecution of Mormons, and the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre—a pivotal event where settlers were killed by Mormon militiamen.

How does *Under the Banner of Heaven* compare to Krakauer’s other works?

Like *Into the Wild* and *Into Thin Air*, this book combines rigorous journalism with narrative suspense. However, it shifts focus from physical survival to ideological extremism, offering a darker exploration of human behavior.

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Jon Krakauer

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When Faith Becomes Fatal: A Journey Through Mormon Fundamentalism

In July 1984, brothers Dan and Ron Lafferty brutally murdered their sister-in-law Brenda and her 15-month-old daughter Erica, claiming divine revelation as their justification. This shocking crime, which stunned Utah's predominantly Mormon community, forms the narrative backbone of Jon Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven," a book that has become a cultural touchstone for understanding religious extremism in America. Since its 2003 publication, the book has sold millions of copies, been adapted into an acclaimed FX miniseries starring Andrew Garfield, and remains on reading lists for courses in religious studies, American history, and criminal psychology nationwide. What makes this work so compelling isn't just its true-crime elements, but how Krakauer weaves together Mormon history, religious fundamentalism, and the psychology of belief to explore a profound question: how can deeply held faith inspire both transcendent goodness and horrific violence?

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The Blood of the Prophets

The Lafferty brothers-Ron and Dan-were once pillars of their Utah community, respected as devout Mormons from a family whose roots in the faith stretched back generations. Their dramatic fall from grace shocked their neighbors and fellow church members who had known them as successful businessmen and family men. After Ron's attempted suicide in jail, where he tried to hang himself with a prison sheet, paramedics managed to revive him despite fifteen minutes without oxygen to his brain. Dan, interpreting this seemingly miraculous recovery as divine intervention, became even more convinced of their holy mission. This incident further reinforced their shared delusion that they were acting as God's instruments. During their separate trials, which garnered intense media attention throughout Utah, Dan's behavior particularly stood out for its theatrical defiance. Choosing to represent himself despite having no legal training, he turned the courtroom into a pulpit, preaching about religious justice and divine mandate. When addressing the jury, he made the remarkable statement that if he were in their position, he would impose the death penalty-a declaration that stunned even veteran court observers. However, two steadfast jurors refused to vote for execution, deadlocking the jury on capital punishment. The presiding judge, visibly shaken by the case details, sentenced Dan to two consecutive life terms, declaring it the most "cruel, heinous, pointless and senseless crime" in his entire judicial career. In the years following their incarceration, Dan transformed physically and mentally. His untrimmed white beard, which he considers a symbol of his religious devotion, has grown long and wild since his imprisonment. He shares a maximum-security cell block with Mark Hofmann, another notorious figure from Mormon history who evolved from faithful church member to atheist forger. Hofmann had killed two people with sophisticated pipe bombs to prevent the discovery of his elaborate scheme selling fake historical Mormon documents. The ironic pairing of these two infamous inmates-one who killed for religious conviction and another who killed to cover up religious fraud-highlights the complex relationship between faith and violence. Dan maintains an unnervingly serene demeanor when discussing the murders, showing no trace of remorse or doubt. He insists with absolute conviction that he committed no crime because he was merely "doing God's will" in following Ron's "revelation." He describes the brutal details of killing Brenda and fifteen-month-old Erica with a detachment that investigators found deeply disturbing, explaining how he saw himself as an instrument of divine justice rather than a murderer. This case exemplifies how religious fanaticism can override basic human empathy and moral reasoning. As Krakauer observes throughout the narrative, "faith is the very antithesis of reason," and when religious fervor completely supplants rational thought, "common sense is no match for the voice of God." The Lafferty case serves as a chilling study of how seemingly ordinary people can commit horrific acts when convinced they're following divine command. This tension between faith and reason forms the central inquiry of the book, pushing readers to grapple with uncomfortable questions about the nature of belief: what drives such extreme zealotry, and how can sincere religious conviction lead otherwise normal individuals to commit acts of devastating violence?

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The City of Saints and Sinners

Salt Lake City stands as Mormonism's spiritual center, its skyline dominated by the majestic Salt Lake Temple where a golden statue of the angel Moroni watches over the city from its highest spire. This imposing granite edifice, which took 40 years to build between 1853 and 1893, serves as the nexus of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple's six spires and pioneering-era architecture symbolize the church's claim to be the world's only true religion restored by divine authority. With over eleven million members globally at the time of Krakauer's writing, Mormonism had become the fastest-growing faith in the Western Hemisphere, surpassing established denominations like Presbyterians and Episcopalians in America and matching the worldwide Jewish population. The renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, performing in the historic domed Tabernacle on Temple Square, projects an image of Mormons as chaste, optimistic and dutiful. Their weekly "Music and the Spoken Word" broadcast, running continuously since 1929, represents the longest-running network program in history. This carefully cultivated image makes Dan Lafferty's scriptural justifications for murder seem particularly jarring and surreal by comparison. The church's leadership, consisting predominantly of elderly white men in dark suits operating from their twenty-six-story office tower in downtown Salt Lake City, adamantly distances itself from "Mormon Fundamentalism," the belief system that motivated Lafferty's crimes. As then-88-year-old LDS president Gordon B. Hinckley emphasized during a 1998 appearance on Larry King Live, "They have no connection with us whatever... There are actually no Mormon Fundamentalists." Despite this forceful disavowal, both mainstream Mormons and Fundamentalists share the same foundational holy texts - the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price - along with a sacred history that includes persecution, exodus, and divine revelation. Where they fundamentally diverge is on the practice of polygamy. FLDS members continue to practice plural marriage as a religious duty, with demographic studies suggesting between 30,000-100,000 polygamists throughout North America, primarily concentrated in Utah, Arizona, and remote areas of Canada and Mexico. The LDS Church has worked diligently since 1890 to downplay polygamy's central role in its early theology and history, often omitting or minimizing the fact that founder Joseph Smith married at least thirty-three women (some as young as fourteen) and declared plural marriage "the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on earth." This persistent tension between mainstream Mormonism and its fundamentalist offshoots creates a complex religious landscape where extremism can flourish in isolated communities. These groups often establish themselves in remote locations, hidden from public view yet drawing theological legitimacy from their shared sacred texts and historical traditions. The resulting dynamic allows fundamentalist groups to maintain their practices while claiming authentic connection to early Mormon teachings, even as the modern church evolves away from these controversial origins.

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Polygamy's Modern Prisoners

In 1984, Beth Cooke met Tom Green at a Sunday school meeting. Despite warnings about him, they quickly married. Within a year, Green had set his sights on Cooke's thirteen-year-old daughter Linda Kunz, marrying her in Mexico and impregnating her before she turned fourteen. Though Cooke later left Green, she defended her daughter's marriage, comparing polygamy to other modern relationships and arguing against "nineteenth-century morals." Prosecutor David Leavitt saw Green differently-as a predator who "preyed on little girls." Green was convicted of bigamy and criminal nonsupport in 2001, receiving five years in prison. A year later, he was found guilty of child rape for his relationship with Linda but received only a concurrent five-year sentence, disappointing many who felt justice wasn't served. Mormon Fundamentalists have formed unlikely alliances with the ACLU and gay-rights activists claiming religious persecution, despite FLDS doctrine condemning homosexuality as punishable by death. Meanwhile, radical feminists have allied with the anti-feminist LDS Church to prosecute polygamists. The isolated community of Colorado City demonstrates the pattern of abuse within fundamentalist groups. In April 2002, Mayor Dan Barlow's son was charged with molesting five daughters but received only a suspended sentence after four daughters refused to testify. Former member Debbie Palmer explained that victims face intense pressure not to testify, being told they'll "go straight to hell." As the millennium approached, Prophet Rulon Jeffs predicted apocalypse and the faithful being "lifted up" while everyone else perished. This led to many teenage girls being married to older men to "save" them. When nothing happened in 2000, Rulon blamed his followers' insufficient obedience, which apostate DeLoy Bateman calls a "win-win situation" for controlling people. These modern polygamist communities represent the living legacy of early Mormon teachings-communities where religious authority trumps civil law, and where women and children often suffer under the banner of divine mandate.

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From Revelation to Empire: Joseph Smith's America

Joseph Smith emerged during America's Second Great Awakening, a period of intense religious revival. At thirteen, he became fascinated by Sally Chase's "peep stone" that supposedly allowed her to see hidden things. Soon after, Joseph discovered his own white stone and became a professional "scryer" (diviner), charging fees to find buried treasure. This career led to his 1826 trial and conviction for being "a disorderly person and an imposter." In autumn 1823, seventeen-year-old Joseph claimed an angel named Moroni revealed golden plates buried on a nearby hill. After several years of preparation, including marrying Emma Hale against her father's wishes, Joseph finally obtained the plates in September 1827. Using magical "interpreters" and his peep stone, Joseph translated the text with various scribes, completing the work at an astonishing pace of 3,500 words daily. The manuscript became The Book of Mormon, published in 5,000 copies after Martin Harris sold his farm to finance the $3,000 printing cost. On April 6, 1830, Joseph formally established the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His followers embraced his claim that Mormonism was "the only true and living church" and that The Book of Mormon provided essential updates to biblical scripture. Most compelling was Joseph's teaching that God continually revealed new truths through ongoing revelations, empowering believers to prepare for Christ's imminent Second Coming in America. Joseph began winning converts even before publication, establishing a church that quickly grew from fifty members to over a thousand within a year. Though critics point to numerous historical anachronisms and lack of archaeological evidence supporting the narrative, such criticism misses the point. Like all religious texts, The Book of Mormon's power lies in its narrative force and symbolic meaning, not historical accuracy. Its American setting, promise of direct divine communication, and clear moral framework explaining the origins of Native Americans resonated deeply with 19th century Americans. This foundation of personal revelation and direct communication with God would later provide the theological justification for fundamentalists like the Laffertys to claim divine authority for their most extreme actions.

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When God Speaks: The Power of Personal Revelation

In a remote Utah valley farmhouse, Robert Crossfield-also known as the Prophet Onias-studies The Second Book of Commandments, a collection of 205 divine revelations he claims to have received since 1961. Unlike more extreme fundamentalists, Crossfield's brand of Mormon Fundamentalism rejects violence and coercion, particularly regarding plural marriage, which he believes must be initiated by women, not men. Born to an impoverished Alberta farmer in 1929, Crossfield converted to Mormonism after reading The Book of Mormon during a nine-month tuberculosis confinement. Following the book's promise that sincere readers would receive divine confirmation of its truth, he experienced what he believed was the Holy Ghost's testimony. He became a devout Mormon, married in the Edmonton Temple, and worked as an accountant. In March 1961, while working at McLeod Mercantile in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Crossfield heard "the still small voice of the Lord" revealing he had been chosen as God's prophet. His first revelation affirmed the doctrine of plural marriage. Months later, after moving to Creston, British Columbia to manage a farmer's cooperative, Crossfield discovered a nearby fundamentalist Mormon community following Prophet LeRoy Johnson. Attending their prayer meetings, he immediately felt a connection with these "polygs" as kindred spirits. From Mormonism's beginning, Joseph Smith emphasized personal revelation, but quickly realized this threatened his authority. In 1830, he announced that only he could "receive commandments and revelations," but many Saints continued receiving personal revelations anyway, explaining why some two hundred schismatic Mormon sects have formed since then. This doctrine of personal revelation would prove crucial in the Lafferty case. Dan Lafferty was introduced to Onias's School of the Prophets by Bernard Brady, a Dream Mine stockholder impressed by Onias's arrival, which seemed to fulfill John Koyle's prophecy about a "lightly complected man with white hair from the North." This organization aimed to restore forsaken Mormon principles: plural marriage, the Adam-God doctrine, and white racial supremacy. Most distinctively, Onias taught followers how to receive divine revelations-a practice common in Joseph's day but abandoned by the modern church. Years later, Brady would express profound regret for having introduced Dan Lafferty to Onias, saying with visible emotion, "Looking back on it now, it's unfortunate that I was the catalyst who brought Bob and the Laffertys together. But it happened."

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The Path to Violence: The Lafferty Brothers' Descent

Dan Lafferty grew up with five brothers and two sisters on a four-acre farm outside Salem, Utah. His father, Watson Lafferty Sr., was a WWII veteran who became a chiropractor and barber with extreme right-wing politics. Though Dan describes his father as loving, Watson was a violent disciplinarian who beat his children and wife Claudine, sometimes forcing the children to witness their mother's punishment. He once clubbed the family dog to death with a baseball bat and distrusted conventional medicine, nearly causing his daughter's death when he refused hospital treatment for her burst appendix. Despite this brutality, Dan adored his father and considered him an excellent role model. After serving a two-year Mormon mission in Scotland, Dan married Matilda Loomis, a divorced mother of two daughters. They moved to California where Dan attended chiropractic college and became intrigued by plural marriage after discovering most members of their LDS ward had polygamous ancestry. Upon returning to Utah County, Dan researched Mormon polygamy and discovered "The Peace Maker," a 51-page tract published in 1842 with Joseph Smith listed as printer. This document provided biblical justification for polygamy and female subjugation, claiming wives were husbands' property like "manservants" or "oxen." Dan immediately applied these principles to his household. He forbade Matilda from driving, handling money, or speaking to outsiders without him present. She had to wear dresses constantly. He pulled their children from school, banned outside medical care, delivered their fifth child at home himself, and turned off utilities. When Matilda disobeyed, he "spanked" her in front of family members, threatening to expel her from the marriage without her children. Most alarmingly, Dan announced his intention to take plural wives, beginning with Matilda's own eldest daughter-his stepdaughter. Meanwhile, Ron Lafferty's financial situation worsened during recession. Dan convinced Ron that material possessions were unimportant and that Ron had a higher calling as a missionary for fundamentalist teachings. Dan even promised Ron would become the next president and prophet of the LDS Church. After his conversion, Ron dramatically changed his treatment of his wife Dianna, demanding she follow The Peace Maker's rules. This represented a complete reversal from his previous behavior, transforming him from "one of the nicest men" to "one of the meanest men" Dianna's friend had ever known. Unlike the other Lafferty wives who submitted, Brenda Wright Lafferty stood firm. Intelligent, articulate and assertive, she refused to go along with her husband Allen's demands and encouraged the other wives to stand up for themselves. The Lafferty brothers came to despise Brenda for her defiance and theological knowledge, with Ron once berating her so harshly at a family meeting that she left in tears.

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Divine Murder: The Revelation and Its Aftermath

When Ron received his "removal revelation" commanding the deaths of Brenda Lafferty, her baby daughter, Chloe Low, and Richard Stowe, he first showed it to Dan, who advised him to "make sure it's from God." A subsequent revelation designated Ron as "the mouth of God" and Dan as "the arm of God," meaning Dan would do the actual killing. The brothers found scriptural justification in the Book of Mormon story of Nephi beheading Laban. When Ron presented the revelation to the School of the Prophets on April 5, only Ron, Dan, and Watson voted to accept it as divine; the other members rejected it completely. Bernard Brady was so concerned he filed a notarized affidavit documenting his fears, though he never alerted police or warned the potential victims. On Pioneer Day, July 24, the Lafferty brothers arrived at Allen and Brenda's duplex to carry out Ron's revelation. When Brenda answered, she refused to let Dan use the phone. Following what he described as divine guidance, Dan forced his way inside, wrestled Brenda to the ground, and pinned her while Ron entered. As their accomplices Knapp and Carnes waited in the car, they heard violent sounds from inside-Ron beating Brenda, calling her names, and Brenda pleading, "Don't hurt my baby!" After Ron bloodied Brenda's face with his fists, Dan strangled her with a vacuum cleaner cord before proceeding to fifteen-month-old Erica's room. There, Dan slashed the baby's throat so deeply he nearly decapitated her, calmly explaining later that he "closed his eyes" during the act and believed "she didn't suffer." He then returned to cut Brenda's throat. Throughout the brutal murders, Dan remained eerily calm, believing he was fulfilling God's will. Afterward, the brothers proceeded to Chloe Low's home but found no one there. They eventually fled to Reno, where they were arrested on August 7. During Ron's trial, expert testimony focused on whether his religious beliefs indicated mental illness. Dr. Gardner explained that Ron's narcissistic personality disorder was characterized by grandiosity and lack of empathy. Gardner noted that many religious founders could be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, as virtually anyone who claims to communicate with God is considered mentally unbalanced to some degree. Despite these insights, the prosecution argued that being narcissistic and devoutly religious didn't make Ron legally insane. After four weeks of testimony, the jury convicted Ron of first-degree murder. When sentenced to death, Ron chose firing squad over lethal injection, saying "I've already had the lethal injection of Mormonism... I'll take the firing squad."

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The Enduring Power of Belief

Today, Dan Lafferty believes humanity is fundamentally divided into "children of God" and "children of the devil." His theology centers around Christ gathering His children and promising them a "thousand-year party" after enduring 6,000 years of "hell-on-earth." Dan believes he is Elijah, designated to announce Christ's return, which will be heralded by "the moon shining from noon until nine." Most Mormon Fundamentalists share Dan's belief in imminent Armageddon. In Colorado City, Warren Jeffs (who succeeded his father "Uncle Rulon" as prophet) saw the 9/11 attacks as "a magnificent portent." The mainstream LDS Church maintains "the hour is nigh" but remains vague about specific timing for the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, the church continues its explosive growth, with sociologist Rodney Stark projecting nearly 300 million members by century's end. Harold Bloom predicted that within sixty years governing the United States will become "impossible without Mormon cooperation." He further prophesied that when the LDS Church gains sufficient political leverage, it might reinstate polygamy. However, this seems unlikely as today's LDS Church differs greatly from its 19th-century incarnation. Modern Mormondom is guided more by businessmen than publicists, with annual revenues exceeding $6 billion. For nearly a century, the church has been trending "slowly but relentlessly toward the humdrum normality of middle America." Yet this mainstreaming creates an irony-as the LDS Church becomes less peculiar, fundamentalist groups increasingly attract converts from within Mormonism itself. Communities like Colorado City and Bountiful appeal to fervent Saints who yearn for the all-consuming passion of Joseph Smith's original vision. From a city park at the edge of Colorado City-Hildale, DeLoy Bateman, an apostate from the FLDS Church, reflects on his religious journey. Though he's rejected the church's teachings, he acknowledges the deep psychological hold religion maintains. He explains the comfort the religion provides: "It makes life simple. Nothing makes you feel better than doing what the prophet commands." Following the prophet's guidance absolves believers of responsibility for their actions-even for refusing to repay debts or committing violence. Looking out across the epic sweep of desert, DeLoy offers a surprising admission: "People within the religion-people who live here in Colorado City-are probably happier, on the whole, than people on the outside." Then he adds thoughtfully, "But some things in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself." In this final observation lies the heart of Krakauer's exploration: the tension between the comfort of certainty that religion provides and the freedom of thought that it sometimes requires us to surrender. The Lafferty brothers represent the extreme endpoint of a belief system that values divine revelation over human reason-a cautionary tale about what can happen when faith becomes unmoored from morality, when the voice of God drowns out the voice of conscience.

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Personen in Mord im Auftrag Gottes

Jon KrakauerAuthor and narrator who explores religious zealotry
Dan LaffertyFundamentalist who committed murders citing divine will
Ron LaffertyDan's brother who claimed to receive holy revelations
Brenda LaffertyThe brothers' sister-in-law and victim of the crime
Mark HofmannNotorious forger and murderer imprisoned with Dan

Über den Autor

Jon Krakauer, Bestsellerautor von Mord im Auftrag Gottes: Eine Geschichte von religiösem Fanatismus, ist bekannt für seine packenden Sachbuch-Erzählungen, die menschliche Extreme und gesellschaftliche Spannungen untersuchen.

Als Pulitzer-Preis-Finalist für In eisige Höhen – sein erschütternder Bericht über die Mount-Everest-Katastrophe von 1996 – verbindet Krakauer investigative Strenge mit bergsteigerischer Expertise, die er in Jahrzehnten der Wildniserkundung verfeinert hat. Sein Werk seziert oft den Konflikt zwischen Idealismus und Realität, wie in In die Wildnis (verfilmt als preisgekröntes Drama), das Christopher McCandless' fataler Odyssee in Alaska nachgeht, und in Missoula, einer schonungslosen Untersuchung von sexueller Gewalt an Universitäten.

Geboren in Massachusetts und aufgewachsen in Oregon, prägt Krakauers Hintergrund als Zimmermann, Fischer und Bergsteiger sein unmittelbares Storytelling. Er ist Vorsitzender der American Himalayan Foundation, was seine lebenslange Verbindung zu Berggemeinschaften widerspiegelt.

Mord im Auftrag Gottes, ein Finalist für den National Book Award, taucht tief in den fundamentalistischen Mormonismus und glaubensgetriebene Gewalt ein und festigte seinen Ruf für die unerschrockene Analyse kontroverser Themen. Seine Bücher wurden weltweit millionenfach verkauft, wobei allein In die Wildnis über zwei Jahre auf der Bestsellerliste der New York Times stand.

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When Faith Becomes Fatal: A Journey Through Mormon Fundamentalism

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The City of Saints and Sinners

Polygamy's Modern Prisoners

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From Revelation to Empire: Joseph Smith's America

When God Speaks: The Power of Personal Revelation

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