Archive for the ‘History Germany’ Category
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. This blog is brought to you by …..OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ is part of OTA-Berlin – ‘……the intelligent Apartment-Alternative to Hotels in Berlin’. The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Angela Merkel -’OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ Personage of the Year 2011 It has been 3 months since a far-right terrorist neo-nazi cell was uncovered in Germany, and today the whole nation held a memorial service for the victims of neo-Nazi violence.
Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the Berlin memorial service in Berlin which was attended by circa 1,200 people, including the relatives [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Angela Merkel, Memorial service in Berlin, Ms Maria Böhmer, nationwide moment of silence across Germany, right-wing neo-nazis should be crushed
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
The former home country of megalomania and kitsch has undergone a transition over the recent years that is a bit of a jaw-dropping affair, to say the least. The Krauts have gone from a nation of grumpy white-socked misanthropes with a world-domineering streak and ‘Lebensraum’-claiming towels to a people of cool and charisma.
Germany has turned into the promised land. How did that [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2006 World Cup, Best of Germany, bohemian, commerce, Economy, Fritz, germany, hip Berlin, kitsch, Krauts, megalomania, pazifist, poor but sexy, Rosa-Luxemburg Straße, Woodstock
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg German State prosecutors late yesterday have asked the Bundestag – Germany’s parliament – to lift the President Wulff’s immunity in view of investigations regarding a scandal over alleged favours he received previously as head of the German state of Lower Saxony.
This puts him very close to having to resign – any other decision [...] Continue Reading…
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Well over a third of the ‘Linke’ Party parliamentarians are currently actively being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency the’ BfV’ -the domestic secret service or the ‘Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’.
It has been reported and since admitted by the agency concerned that 27 of the Linke’s 76 MP’s it current considers ‘people of interest’ along with 11 Linke members serving in regional [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Happy Birthday Frederick the Great – but you may well ask yourself also, who was actually Frederick the Great………and why …..’the Great’?
Today exactly 300 years ago a future enlightened ruler of what was then Prussia was born.
Frederick II – a brilliant military commander, a tolerant prince, a philosopher, a musician – and perhaps Europes first gay-monarch -take your pick- he [...] Continue Reading…
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg Our own OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog poll shows that public sentiment is falling for the German President. This all concerns alleged and perceived irregularities concerning his personal finances, when Christian Wulff was previous Premier of the federal German state of Lower Saxony and subsequent attempts to cover-up the story.
While in no way scientific – readers [...] Continue Reading…
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Epitaph 1919 – by Bertolt Brecht
Red Rosa has also now disappeared
Where she lies is unknown
Because she told the truth to the poor
The rich have hunted her out of the world.
Epitaph for Karl Liebknecht – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies
Karl Liebknecht
The fighter against war
When he was struck down
Our city still continued to stand.
Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies buried
Rosa Luxemburg
A Jewess [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Frederick the Great by Anton Graff – from Wikipedia
Frederik the Great’, aka Friedrich der Große is justifiably almost synonymous with Berlin – he created his great palace with the baroque gardens ‘Sanssouci’ [no worries!] in Potsdam just outside Berlin.
This year 2012 will the 300th anniversary of his birth – his’ Jubiläumsjahr’- and there will be great celebrations in Berlin but especially in the [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg The influential and respected German newspaper, the Süddeutschen Zeitung has had it on the front page all week.
The heavy burden of the credit and media scandal on German President Christian Wulff is compelling and simply will not go away -efforts to defuse the scandal have not succeeded.
And while there have been calls from the [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Please vote in our poll below and let us know your thoughts on this issue – whether you live in Berlin, Germany, in Europe or outside of Europe.
The issue is not so much about Wulff as such but the office of President.
Much of the German press are saying that the beleaguered German President Wulff walked away from last night’s TV interview with some of [...] Continue Reading…
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