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Gingerbread

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Hugo and Paula Freund in front of their shop in Washinghton Heights, NYC (Still from the film "Paulas Nürnberger Lebkuchen - Made in the USA")

Narrator, off-screen audio: "Besides the unfamiliar edible wafer, the spicy, nutty taste of Elisen gingerbread was quite exotic for many American palates. That's the reason for an additional notice on the tin: Paula's Fruit-Nut Cookies contain unusual spices."

Bill Freund: "My mother was a particularly good baker, but I wasn't able to bake her gingerbread any more. So the Haeberlein-Metzgers have nothing to worry about from me."