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In Sign of Growing Power, Neo-Nazis Dominate Small German Town
By not in system - AOL NewsJAMEL, Germany -- This is a town taken over by neo-Nazis. Wooden signposts by the main road point to Vienna, Paris, and Braunau am Inn - the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. A far-right leader runs his demolition company from home, its logo featuring a man smashing a Star of David with a sledgehammer. Every few months, townsfolk host outdoor parties where guests sing "Hitler is my Fuehrer" to chants of "Heil" around a massive bonfire. Jamel is the most extreme manifestation of a chilling phenomenon in the former communist East Germany: a creeping encroachment of neo-Nazism that makes ...
Germany Marks 20 Years of Reunification
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BERLIN (Oct. 3) -- Germany's president celebrated the country's new-found national pride but also stressed that more needs to be done to integrate Muslim and other immigrants as he marked the 20th anniversary of reunification on Sunday. Germany's post-World War II division ended with reunification on Oct. 3, 1990 - less than 11 months after communist East Germany opened the Berlin Wall amid pressure from massive demonstrations. President Christian Wulff paid tribute to East Germans who protested against the regime, saying that "their courage impressed the world." He said their chants of "we ...
German Reunification: An Eastern -- and Less Triumphant -- Perspective
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyYesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And all over Europe and America, the press has been awash with stories of that historic night and all that it symbolized. ...
20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall
By William Boston - AOL NewsBERLIN (Nov. 6) -- Astrid Kaiser still trembles when she remembers being frisked as a child by Red Army guards at the fortified border on Bernauer Strasse, where communist East Germany first began erecting the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1961. "They even searched my doll carriage," says Kaiser, now 58. "I still feel uneasy walking on the eastern side." As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, this street in its former shadow sums up the mix of pain, hope and nostalgia the wall still inspires. Urban change has erased many of the last vestiges of ...
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