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Word: menbruch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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While the victorious Allies have marked V-E day each year with parades and speeches, the enormity of Germany's guilt and shame has imposed an anguished silence upon that country. Last week, 25 years after the Zusam-menbruch (collapse) of the Third Reich, West Germany's first Social Democrat Chancellor broke with tradition. In a 21-minute speech to the Bundestag, Brandt declared that "no one is free from the history he has inherited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonn: Painful Reminiscences | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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