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...purge of June 30, 1934. He spent the balance of the decade minding his own business in Saxony. As a major general in World War II, he surrendered the German garrison on Rhodes. Wagener wrote his memoirs while interned by the British. After his release, the general settled in Bavaria, where he puttered in conservative politics until his death...
...Oder River, scarcely 50 miles east of Berlin. Meanwhile, the U.S. Ninth Army had nearly reached the Elbe, about 50 miles to the west. Hitler talked of leaving Berlin by April 20, his 56th birthday, of flying south to organize an invulnerable redoubt in the Alpine forests of Bavaria. But then came fits of wild euphoria, when he ordered his shattered forces to counterattack. "The Russians have overextended themselves so much that the decisive battle can be won at Berlin," he declared. Then came fits of despair, when he vowed to die in his besieged capital. "Should this fateful battle...
Klaus will leave his job soon and move to Marseilles to open a German Bierhaus on the seafront, featuring perfect Bavarian cuisine and, of course, proper Bavarian beer. After that, he will open a Provencal restaurant in Bavaria. Students will travel back and forth, learn each language in a beer-based cultural exchange. It’s not clear whether it will work, he says, but it’s exciting and worth...
...extremist Muslim clergy - can be deported even if they don't break the law. "In the future, it will be easier to deport foreigners who took part in training in terror camps or who incite hatred," said Günther Beckstein, Interior Minister of Christian Social Union-ruled Bavaria. That's got civil libertarians worried. The law should "not mean we can reject people or kick them out for expressing their opinions," says Reinhard Bütikofer, chairman of the Green Party. But Bütikofer concedes the new law will also make it easier for asylum seekers to seek...
...socially unjust." Now disgruntled SPD members and trade unionists are threatening to form an alternative leftist party. "There's no doubt at all - if there are no changes, there will be a new party," says Thomas Händel, an official of the powerful IG Metall engineering union in Bavaria and a 33-year SPD member. Despite Händel's tough talk, discussions about setting up a new party are still in the early stages. A group of dissident SPD members called the Initiative for Work and Social Justice set up a website in early March that...