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Exhibit in Residence Focuses on German Jewish Scientists

May 14, 2012 | Germany.info
Viewing the exhibit

A new exhibit, “Faith in Reason: Breakthroughs in Scientific Inquiry,” at the residence of Ambassador Ammon highlights the extraordinary contributions of German Jews in science and mathematics in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

National Memorial Ceremony for Victims of Right-Wing Extremist Violence

Feb 24, 2012 | Germany.info
Candles represent the victims

The ceremony, at which Chancellor Merkel spoke and which federal and state government leaders and legislators attended, was meant to demonstrate unity and Germany’s determination to combat all forms of xenophobia and violence.

Continuing the Middle East Peace Process

Feb 2, 2012 | Federal Foreign Office
View of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock, as seen from the Mount of Olives

The key objective of Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle’s trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was to encourage both sides to continue direct talks.

Hearing from a Witness and Survivor on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 27, 2012 | Germany.info
Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Marcel Reich-Ranicki, this year’s guest speaker in the national remembrance hour in the Bundestag, gave a gripping eye-witness account of his memories of the deportation of the residents of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis in 1942.

Westerwelle's Message of Greeting for the Jewish Voice from Germany

Jan 3, 2012 | Federal Foreign Office
Publisher and Editor Rafael Seligmann

A new Jewish newspaper based in Berlin launched at the beginning of the year, reporting in English on Jewish life in Germany. It is aimed at readers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Germany. 

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