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December 7, 2019: of course, I did not know any of this. See comments --
Merkel is rom East Berlin.
"In 1968, Merkel joined the Free German Youth (FDJ), the official communist youth movement sponsored by the ruling Marxist–Leninist Socialist Unity Party of Germany.Membership was nominally voluntary, but those who did not join found it difficult to gain admission to higher education."
Born in Hamburg, family moved to E Berlin when Father took a pastorate in Lutheran church there.
I don't think she shares the same view of the Holocaust as most folks in the West do.
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This tells me all I need to know about Merkel:
It's not really a surprise as Germany seems to be embracing some of their past.
ReplyDeleteMaybe. I had to look it up; I did not know. Back in 2013, Merkle became the first German leader to walk through Germany's original concentration camp in Dachau. Even that amazes me. 2013. Sixty-eight years after the end of of the war.
DeleteShe's from East Berlin. "In 1968, Merkel joined the Free German Youth (FDJ), the official communist youth movement sponsored by the ruling Marxist–Leninist Socialist Unity Party of Germany.[30][31][32] Membership was nominally voluntary, but those who did not join found it difficult to gain admission to higher education" Wiki
ReplyDeleteBorn in Hamburg, family moved to E Berlin when Father took a pastorate in Lutheran church there.
Dont think she shares the same view of the Holocaust as most folks in the West do.
Wow. I will move this up to the main body of the blog when I get caught up. This is quite amazing.
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