Victor Grossman
LATEST ARTICLES BY Victor Grossman
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German scandal fells a mighty baron
March 2, 2011German Defense Minister and right-wing rising star Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg had to step down when it turned out he plagiarized a chunk of his dissertation.
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Drama in Hamburg: Germans vote amid political turmoil
February 23, 2011BERLIN - In Hamburg the Christian Democrats (CDU), Angela Merkel's party, just took their worst beating in sixteen years.
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Amid political turmoil, Germans rally against neo-Nazis in Dresden
February 22, 2011On Feb. 19 over 250 anti-Nazi buses rolled toward Dresden from all over Germany, with some from neighboring countries as well.
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Flip-flops and elections in Germany
February 18, 2011Germany's ruling parties are flip-flopping on everything from Egypt to unemployment as a series of elections approaches.
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Germany: Scandals for the Baron and a vote for more war
February 2, 2011A series of scandals scratched the shining image of the scion of conservative Bavarian circles. But the Bundestag once again defied German majority opinion and voted to continue the use of troops in Afghanistan.
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Germans ponder “All Quiet on the Western Front”
December 6, 2010People left a movie theater in Berlin mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930. This American-made epic had lost none of its extremely emotional appeal. It was...
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Germans get rowdy to stop nuclear waste
November 9, 2010A surprising number of people in Germany are leaving their sofas and demonstrating, angry at being ignored by ruling cliques.
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Political climate change a worry in Germany
October 21, 2010As pressures grow, the normally smiling Angela Merkel looks to anti-immigrant tactics.
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