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Learning From East German Distrust

Learning From East German Distrust

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Dinner last night with a German friend. Beer and sausage, naturally. I asked him to help me understand the German political situation, in particular the election results in eastern Germany over the past weekend. The AfD — called “domestic extremists” by the government — topped the balloting in the state of Thuringia, an…

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