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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0722.00013.] Let \(M\) be a compact complex manifold, endowed with a Hermitian metric \(h\) with fundamental form \(\omega\). Call \(M\) a \(p\)-Kähler manifold, \(1\leq p\leq n=\dim M\), if \(M\) carries a closed strictly weakly positive \((p,p)\)-form. In particular, ``1-Kähler'' is equivalent to ``Kähler'' and to ``\(p\)-Kähler for \(1\leq p\leq n\)''. \(M\) is \((n-1)\)-Kähler iff \(\delta\omega=0\), where \(\delta\) is the formal adjoint of \(d\) with respect to \(h\). The main result says that the class of \((n-1)\)-Kähler manifolds is stable under smooth proper modifications. While it is known since Hironaka's example that for \(n\geq 3\) the class of Kähler manifolds fails to have this property, the question remains open for \(2\leq p\leq n-2\). Here the obstructions to be \(p\)-Kähler seem to be the same as in Hironaka's example: There could be \(p\)-dimensional subvarieties of the exceptional set which represent \(2p\)-cycles homologous to zero.