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There is a pretty big difference between taking in the people of the same kin and people from another culture far far away. How many Serbian Kosovars did the Albanians give hospitality?

Otlet hoped that this new system would allow for a grand unification of human knowledge, and entirely new forms of information. But neither he nor his Mundaneum survived the ravages of World War II. After invading Brussels, the Nazis destroyed much of his life’s work, removing more than 70 tons worth of material and repurposing the World Palace site for an exhibition of Third Reich art. Otlet died in 1944, and has remained largely forgotten ever since.

Thats just sad, really tragic.