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Auschwitz survivor and fighter against fascism Esther Bejarano has died
Hundreds of thousands are mourning the death of Jewish Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano, who died on Saturday night at the age of 96. She was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in 1943 at the age of 18 and only survived the Nazis’ machinery of murder because she was accepted into the Auschwitz girls’ orchestra as an accordion player.
The courageous contemporary witness with small alert eyes and a haunting voice had made it her life’s work to break the silence about the crimes of the Nazis and to fight against the return of fascism and war.
Chancellor candidates Laschet, Baerbock and Scholz advocate massive military build-up
On Saturday, the second TV debate took place between Armin Laschet (Christian Democratic Union, CDU), Olaf Scholz (Social Democratic Party, SPD) and Annalena Baerbock (Green Party). The three candidates discussed foreign and security policy. Like the first debate, the event underlined the importance of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) campaign. All candidates of the ruling class advocate a massive military build-up and are preparing to expand the hated war policy of the current grand coalition of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats.
Soldiers demonstrate their skills during the visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the German/Netherlands Corps in Muenster, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. The Corps is one of NATO s High Readiness Forces Headquarters and celebrates its 25th year jubilee. The Dutch King Willem Alexander had to cancel hi