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A judicial officer looks at his watch prior to a trail against a 96-year-old former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp at the court room in Itzehoe, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The woman who is charged of more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder has not appeared and is wanted by warrant. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Former Nazi camp secretary in German trial, 96, on the run

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

An environmental activist speaks during a press conference on the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions as part of the climate strike in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. The banners read: &quot;Greenhouse gas, 50 percent down.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Thunberg joins climate rally in Germany ahead of election

By Karin Laub and Frank Jordans - Associated Press

People walk and drive past election posters of the three chancellor candidates, from right, Armin Laschet, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Annalena Baerbock, German Green party (Die Gruenen), Olaf Scholz, Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Christian Lindner, German Liberals (FDP) at a street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 three days before the General election on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

German conservatives warn of ‘extremist’ shift to left in Sunday’s election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, smiles after she received a medal by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, left, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), during the inauguration ceremony of the 'WHO Hub For Pandemic And Epidemic Intelligence" at the Langenbeck-Virchow building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

Angela Merkel steps down with legacy dominated by tackling crises

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: Search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

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Soldiers of the German Armed Forces have lined up in front of the Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force for the final roll call in Wunstorf, Germany, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The last soldiers of the German Afghanistan mission have arrived at the air base in Lower Saxony. The mission had ended the previous evening after almost 20 years. The soldiers had been flown out with four military planes from the field camp in Masar-i-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan. (Hauke-Christian Dittrich/Pool via AP)

Germany grants 2,400 visas to Afghan employees, relatives

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Tugs pull the Russian pipe-laying vessel &quot;Fortuna&quot; out of the harbor and into the Baltic Sea at the port of Wismar, Germany, Thursday, Jan 14, 2021. The special vessel is being used for construction work on the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. ( Jens Buettner/dpa via AP) ** FILE **

Russia fetes, Ukraine frets over Biden pipeline ploy

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Serbian man convicted of series of rapes in Berlin

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German-Australian author Walter Kaufmann dies at 97

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FILE - In this Thursday, April 4, 2019, file photo, apartment buildings in the district Mitte photographed from the television tower in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s highest court has ruled that a cap on rent prices implemented last year by Berlin’s left-wing state government is unconstitutional and void. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Protests after Germany’s top court nixes Berlin rent cap

By FRANK JORDANS and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday March 23, 2012 file photo,June Newton, widow of late fashion photographer Helmut Newton, holds a news conference at the opening of Helmut Newton's first retrospective in France at Paris' Grand Palais museum. The Australian photographer and actress June Newton, also known under her pseudonym Alice Springs, has died at age 97, the Helmut Newton Foundation said Saturday in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)

Australian portrait photographer June Newton dies at 97

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a press conference in the Chancellor's Office following consultations between the federal and state governments in Berlin Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. (Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

Angela Merkel departure ignites German election fight

By Eros Banaj - Special to The Washington Times

Election posters show Winfried Kretschmann from the Greens and the party's top candidate for the Baden-Wurttemberg federal state elections in Mannheim, Germany, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The elections will take place next Sunday. Letters on left poster read &quot;edges stabilize&quot;, letters on right poster read &quot;you know me&quot;. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Angela Merkel’s party faces tough election-year test in state polls

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A nurse receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the state of Brandenburg where the first coronavirus vaccinations are given in doctors' surgeries, in Senftenberg, Germany, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DAVE RISING - Associated Press

Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Syrian defendant Eyad Al-Gharib hides his face as he arrives to his hear his verdict in a court room in Koblenz, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. A German court has convicted the former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights campaigners hope will set a precedent for other cases. (Thomas Lohnes/Pool Photo via AP)

Conviction in landmark case over Syrian government torture

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A man is led away by police with a blanket over his head during a raid in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Police cracked down on clan crime in Berlin and the surrounding area with a major raid on Thursday morning. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)

German police crack down on Berlin organized crime families

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Democrats and military-style barrier around U.S. Capitol illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Checkpoint Pelosi: Democrats consider permanent military-style barrier around U.S. Capitol

By Tony Perkins

Germany mulls shape of memorial to Polish victims of WWII

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File - In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 file photo a man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles), north of Berlin, Germany. German prosecutors say they have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Former Nazi guard, age 100, charged as accessory to murder

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press