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The Week in Germany
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Merkel, Gorbachev Retrace Steps of First East Berliners to Cross Wall |
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As Berlin celebrated the twentieth anniverary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel walked across the bridge where it all began on November 9, 2009 with Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and East German civil rights activists. |
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Ambassador Scharioth Talks About His Memories of the Fall of the Wall |
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"At that time, I was at the United Nations in New York," Ambassador Scharioth said of November 9, 1989. "I watched the images of the fall of the wall together with my family that night on television – we were overjoyed and hugged each other." |
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Maine Governor Proclaims November 9 "Freedom Without Walls" Day |
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Maine Governor John E. Baldacci as issued an official proclamation declaring November 9, 2009 "Freedom Without Walls" Day in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago on November 9th, 1989. |
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"We were there" - When the Wall Came down at the Böse Bridge in Berlin |
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It was the border crossing point at Bornholmer Straße where East German border guards, overwhelmed by the crowd of East Berliners hoping to enter West Berlin, stopped checking passports and effectively opened the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. |
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Current Affairs |
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Foreign Policy - Continuity and New Focuses |
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Continuity in foreign policy is a tradition in German Governments, and one which Foreign Minister Westerwelle intends to follow. In his speech to the Bundestag, Westerwelle voiced a firm commitment to the transatlantic partnership. |
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Giving Germany New Strength |
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The new German government intends to kick off with a ruthlessly honest analysis of the serious economic and financial crisis. "And then we will draw the right consequences," Chancellor Merkel said in announcing a five-point plan to this end. |
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Business, Technology and the Environment |
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Jülich Neutron Scientists Inaugurate Unique Device in the USA |
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A unique large-scale research device from Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich has just gone into operation in the United States. |
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Scientists Find that the Alps Erode at the Same Speed They Rise |
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A group of German and Swiss geocientists working with the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres have made a paradoxical discovery - the Alps are growing in height just as fast as they are shrinking. |
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Culture and Lifestyle |
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The Celebration of St. Martin |
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Children with colorful, handmade lanterns promenade through the streets, cheerfully singing songs they learned by heart and hoping to catch a glimpse of the man dressed in a medieval soldier’s uniform. Who is St. Martin and why is he celebrated every November 11? |
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A Flying Poet as Critical Companion: Enzensberger Turns 80 |
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For more than half a century Hans Magnus Enzensberger has been one of the leading intellectuals of Germany. His essays and poems mirror the political intellectual history of the country. On November 11, he celebrated his 80th birthday. |
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From Bauhaus to Our House: Workshops for Modernity at MoMA |
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The retrospective "Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity" is the first comprehensive treatment of the Bauhaus at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York since 1938 and the first major show in the United States on the subject in decades. |
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Germany on "Embassy Row" on WTOP 103.5 |
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In cooperation with WTOP 103.5 FM radio, the German Embassy is presenting a month-long series celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall and presenting German politics, culture and lifestyle. |
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Readings: Second Opinions Courtesy of Germany.info |
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This week, follow a Berliner on a reverse homecoming to some of Milwaukee's German highlights, look back on the career of one of the most influential women in German journalism and turn on the lights for less. |
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About "The Week in Germany" |
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