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- Central Europe (1943)
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- Editions recorded
- 7 on Open Library, 7 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 10 languages
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How many editions of The Train Was on Time are there?
We track 1 edition of The Train Was on Time. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was The Train Was on Time first published?
The Train Was on Time by Heinrich Böll was first published in 1949.