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20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

On Nov. 9, 2009, thousands of Germans joined dozens of world leaders and heroic figures who helped topple communism in Eastern Europe to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Germany Launches Its Own Bailout

Germany has intervened to save the country's second-largest mortgage provider.

Waxy Hitler Decapitated

As a controversial wax figure of Hitler sitting in his bunker debuted at the new Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, just the second customer to enter jumped into the display and ripped off the fuhrer's head.

Most Wanted Nazis

The Simon Wiesenthal Center updated its list of most wanted Nazis on April 1, 2008, along with an update about various countries' cooperation in helping bring Nazi war criminals to justice after all these years. "I pray for the health of Nazis every day," said Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of the Wiesenthal Center and coordinator of research on Nazis remaining worldwide. "But only for those I ca…

Merkel Makes History in Speech to Knesset

Chancellor Angela Merkel, dubbed by Forbes the most powerful woman in the world, expressed "shame" over Germany's role in the Holocaust.

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