How do “sister cities” find each other and agree to be sisters?
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They are born of shared experience.
In 1940 Coventry, UK was heavily bombed in the Coventry Blitz. In 1942 the first female Mayor of Coventry decided that the Battle of Stalingrad constituted a similar devastation and wanted to do something to demonstrate both support and actual aid. Coventry sent a signed tablecloth and about 50 pounds, as they weren’t in much of a position to do more. In 1944 later Stalingrad responded that there existed a “bond” between the two cities and suggested that they keep in touch as they both rebuilt. These were the first sister cities.
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