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Does Germany need a new anthem?
Soul music for a fractured nation
8 hrs ago • 
Katja Hoyer
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Whispers of Freedom
A Cold War thriller about the last person to be shot at the Berlin Wall
Sep 7 • 
Katja Hoyer
54
15
Requiems for the Firestorm
Music and Memory in Dresden since 1945
Sep 4 • 
Katja Hoyer
71
14
A Scandal in Königsberg
Tales from the edge of the Prussian world
Aug 31 • 
Katja Hoyer
100
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Auf Wiedersehen, Germany: Why so many Germans seek their fortunes abroad
A large number of Germans are leaving Germany.
Aug 28 • 
Katja Hoyer
44
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Braunau will never not be Hitler's birthplace
But locals disagree what this means for their town's identity
Aug 24 • 
Katja Hoyer
79
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The magazine many German parents didn't want their kids to read
What happened to BRAVO?
Aug 21 • 
Katja Hoyer
41
6
"Our Boys" - Poles in the Wehrmacht
The painful collision of history, memory and politics in Poland
Aug 17 • 
Katja Hoyer
73
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