Word: afrika
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wechmar, 56, the election climaxed a long and distinguished diplomatic career. The son of a Prussian army officer, he served as an officer in Rommel's famed Afrika Korps. Captured by an American unit at Tunis in 1943, he was shipped to P.O.W. camps in Virginia and Colorado, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism through a correspondence course. "We are a famous family of prisoners of war," says von Wechmar, whose brother, father and both grandfathers were all captured by the enemy. "We've had our share of barbed wire...