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Someone had some suspicion on :fr, so I sent a mail to a close person of Dobbertin. I got a confirmation from the webmaster of the laboratory where Dobbertin was working : -- Dake 14:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC) reply

I'm afraid to tell you, that this information is unfortunately true.
He died only recently.

Best regards,
Elena Prokhorenko