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[Annalena Baerbock @ABaerbockArchiv]

Ukraine is not alone.

Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Perhaps the most transatlantic Chancellor we have known … quite something that in his first post election comments he warned Germany and Europe needed to become independent of USA, and said Musk interference no better or worse than Putin’s. This is real Zeitenwende stuff

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

The 4th largest economy on earth and one of America's most important allies now equates the US as no different than Russia.

The interference in the German elections by Elon Musk and Washington was "no less radical and outrageous than that of Moscow," — new Chancellor Merz.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.

Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship

https://t.co/dwWSvEQMGX

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Scholz Condemns Trump's Statements on Greenland: Borders Must Be Inviolable

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on Greenland, emphasizing that the principle of inviolable borders applies to every country, according to Spiegel.

Speaking on Wednesday, January 8, with several European heads of state and government, as well as European Council President António Costa, Scholz warned against any forced changes to borders in light of Trump’s recent statements about Greenland.

"The principle of inviolable borders applies to every country—whether it is east or west of us," the German Chancellor stated. He further emphasized that every nation, regardless of size or power, "must adhere to this principle."

The German government also noted Trump’s remarks regarding Greenland and Canada, reaffirming their commitment to the prohibition of forceful border changes.

On January 7, Trump had refused to rule out using military or economic measures to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, even suggesting the idea of turning Canada into an American state.

These statements have also drawn responses from Norway, France, and Denmark

[Ronan Leo Tynan @RonanLTynan]

Editor @ German newspaper resigns over Elon Musk opinion piece supporting far-right #AfD party. After spending $270M electing #Trump who exploited hate politics+tax injustice where billionaires pay less % tax than their secretaries wants same for #Germany https://t.co/6l3wZPtOza

[paulanthony @paulanthony211]

@hoyer_kat @Telegraph TIME magazine : 'Person of the Year 2015'
Painted by renowned Northern Ireland portrait artist Colin Davidson.
He described Angela Merkel as "compassionate and empathetic"
I would be inclined to agree with him.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Proud mother, Mrs. Cleveland Owens, hears of son Jesse's Olympic triumphs in Berlin, 1936.

[Joshua Clemans @JoshuaClemans]

Ernst Junger had one of the most charmed, tragic, and serendipitous lives of the 20th century:

- Born 1895, Germany
- Joins the French Foreign Legion at age 17
- 1914 WWI begins, Junger joins the German army as a private
- Is wounded 14 times––almost every man in his original regiment dies during the course of the war.
- In a near-fatal attempt, he saves his own brother's life on the Western front
- Heavily decorated, war hero
- Publishes his diaries from the war, becomes famous author
- Courted by Nazis to take a seat in parliament. Junger declines: “I’d rather write one good poem than represent 60,000 idiots.”
- Investigated by the Gestapo for writings critical of Hitler's Germany. Hitler says, effectively, "Leave Junger alone, he's a war hero."
- During WWII, Junger pens his essay The Peace. In it, he lays out a vision for a reconciled, christian Europe.
- The Peace inspires Rommel and the Stauffenberg bomb plot conspirators to make an assassination attempt on Hitler, they fail.
- Junger's 18 y/o son makes anti-Hitler comments to his navy cadet comrades which are discovered by the SS. Junger's son is deliberately sent on a high-casualty mission in Italy, killed in action.
- Afterward the war, Junger continues to publish fiction and philosophy.
- Junger meets Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD. Tries LSD, loves it.
- Junger's younger son, Alexander, commits suicide.
- Junger lives to be 102. Spends his time with his wife, reading, and collecting beetles.
- Gives an interview on video in 1997 (to some guys who just knocked on his door) a few months before his death.

Watching him as an old man in '97, you realize how many future grandfathers––including all of his close friends––died ~82 years before, in the mud trenches of Ypres and the Somme.

Some snippets from the '97 interview below👇

[Mandy McAuley @mandy_mcauley]

A giant of journalism and a wonderful human being.

Former UTV political editor Ken Reid dies - BBC News https://t.co/Wyf766HyGf

[Cowboy Tcherno Bill @RudiGeerts]

Wilhelm Hosenfeld, savior of "The Pianist", Wladyslaw Szpilman
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Although Hosenfeld had already joined the NSDAP in 1935, he soon lost his illusions about the regime and was appalled by the crimes against Poles and Jews that he witnessed. Throughout his military service, he kept

[Garbhán Downey @Garbhan_D]

It is 100 years this month since the Boundary Commission first met - in London (November 6, 1924).
Not one of the arguments made to retain Derry in the Northern state would still hold sway today.
Which begs the question...

[Mark Simpson @BBCMarkSimpson]

New website dedicated to work of historian Dr Éamon Phoenix 1953-2022. https://t.co/PnwJUZxKFM

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

This is how the British press reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago (turn the sound on to hear news reports from BBC and ITV).