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How East German is Angela Merkel?
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How East German is Angela Merkel?

Having turned 70 this week, she spent almost exactly half her life in the GDR

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Angela Merkel in 2009. Img: א (Aleph) CC BY-SA 2.5

It was Angela Merkel’s 70th birthday this week. The former German chancellor had the press know that she celebrated this in private with her family. …

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