On January 20, 1942, leading figures in the Nazi state apparatus met at the Wannsee villa in Berlin for the infamous Wannsee Conference. It was the prelude to the largest, bureaucratically planned, industrial mass murder in history.
Germany is a federal republic for historical reasons. But the system also has disadvantages. As can be seen in the struggle to contain the COVID pandemic.
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Angela Merkel is headed to Israel for a last official visit. With the shared history of the Holocaust ever present, the German chancellor deepened the firm alliance between the two countries during her time in office.