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| Compiled on March 28, 2013, 06:11 PM CET |
| 'OUR MOTHERS, OUR FATHERS' Next-Generation WWII Atonement A miniseries that aired in Germany this month has enthralled viewers with its emotional portrayal of the role that average people played in WWII. Stripped of moral pretension, it also establishes a new, multigenerational milestone in the country's culture of remembrance. |
| NAZI CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 'It's All Still Very Present' The miniseries "Our Mothers, Our Fathers" has sparked widespread discussion in Germany about memories of WWII, both first-hand and inherited. In a SPIEGEL interview, war survivor and psychoanalyst Hartmut Radebold talks about guilt, war trauma and his own fraught memories of growing up in the Third Reich. |
| GLOOMY ECONOMIC HORIZON Cypriot Banks Reopen amid Calm and Fear Many had feared that Cyprus would experience a bank run once financial institutions were reopened. That did not happen on Thursday, but frustration levels are high, as are fears for the country's economic future. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN Turkish Media Exclusion in Neo-Nazi Trial a 'Global Embarrassment' A scandal is brewing in Germany over the refusal of a Munich court to provide the Turkish media with reserved seats at an upcoming neo-Nazi murder trial. German editorialists claim bureaucracy is getting in the way of needed transparency and could damage the country's image. |
| RAMADAN RELIEF Islam Leader Calls for Muslim Holidays in Germany Germany is home to some 4 million Muslims. With the long Easter weekend around the corner, a leading member of the country's Muslim community has called for legal recognition of two Muslim holidays, drawing criticism from among Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives. |
| MAO'S DISNEYLAND 'Red Tourism' Is Golden for Chinese Economy China's leaders have responded to waning interest in ideology by setting up a vast "red tourism" industry. While celebrating the great members and moments of the Communist Party of China, it also helps the economy. |
| WHITE EASTER Germany Faces Coldest March Since 1883 Complaining about the weather has reached epidemic proportions in northern Germany this "spring." And with good reason. With Easter just around the corner, meteorologists are telling us this could end up being the coldest March in Berlin and its surroundings since records began in the 1880s. |
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