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German far-right politician under fire over Swiss donations

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FILE - In this April 10, 2018 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, look at their watches after they and other members of the government posed for a group photo during two-day retreat at the government guest house Meseberg castle in Gransee north of Berlin, Germany. In the center is German Justice Minister Katarina Barley. Germany's top security official, who has frequently criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel's migrant policy, is reportedly planning to quit his post in government.German news agency dpa quoted multiple unnamed party officials as saying Horst Seehofer told a meeting of the Christian Social Union on Sunday that he plans to relinquish its leadership and his role as interior minister in Merkel's government. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

The Latest: Germany’s Seehofer to remain interior minister

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron hold hands after leaving books at the peace library of the Paris Peace Forum as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. International leaders attended a ceremony in Paris on Sunday at mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool via AP)

Excerpts of French, German speeches commemorating WWI’s end

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ONE OF ONE HUNDRED PHOTOS WORLD WAR ONE CENTENARY TIMELINE-In this June 28, 1914 file photo, the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand, center right, and his wife Sophie, center left, walk to their a car in Sarajevo. This photo was taken minutes before the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, an event which set off a chain reaction of events which would eventually lead to World War One. (AP Photo, File)

From first shot to silence of peace: Timeline of World War I

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French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at the official dinner on the eve of the international ceremony for the Centenary of the WWI Armistice of 11 November 1918 at the Orsay Museum, in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (Ian Langsdon/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Leaders discuss Ukraine elections at Paris meet

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Holocaust survivor worried by anti-Semitism in US

By CHRISTOPHER MAAG - Associated Press

ONE OF ONE HUNDRED PHOTOS WORLD WAR ONE CENTENARY TIMELINE-In this June 28, 1914 file photo, the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand, center right, and his wife Sophie, center left, walk to their a car in Sarajevo. This photo was taken minutes before the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, an event which set off a chain reaction of events which would eventually lead to World War One. (AP Photo, File)

From first shot to silence of peace: Timeline of World War I

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This undated photo released by the Kedem Auction House, shows a copy of a 1922 letter Albert Einstein wrote to his beloved younger sister, Maja. The previously unknown letter, brought forward by an anonymous collector, is set to go on auction next week in Jerusalem with an opening asking price of $12,000. In the handwritten letter, Einstein expressed fears of anti-Semitism long before Nazis’ rise. (Kedem Auction House via AP)

Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis’ rise

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German govt: automakers raise offer to help fix diesels

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In this Nov. 5, 2018, photo Walter Frankenstein, born in 1924, witness of the Nov. 9, 1938 terror against Jews in Berlin and one of the few survivors of Auerbach'sches Waisenhaus orphanage shows a box with the Yellow badge the Nazis forced him to wear and with the Germany's Federal Cross of Merit he got 2014, during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin. Frankenstein witnessed as the orphanage was attack by a Nazis during the terror night of Nov. 9, 1938. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Holocaust survivor recalls ‘Night of Broken Glass’ horrors

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Illustration on the end of World War I by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

When World War I ended

By Victor Davis Hanson

In this Oct. 19, 2018 photo, a visitor stands by the train carriage in which the armistice of the Nov. 11, 1918 was signed, in the forest of Compiegne, north of Paris. The French and German leaders this weekend will jointly visit the remains of the train carriage where the armistice ending World War I was signed on Nov. 11, 1918. For the French, the dining car became a shrine to peace. For Adolf Hitler, it was a symbol of the humiliation of surrender. The Nazi leader had it dragged to Germany after conquering France in World War II. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Hitler in war, Merkel in peace: A train car for history

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FILE In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 file photo, re-enactors in World War I military uniforms carry an American flag in the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France. After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, its standing army of 127,500 became an armed force of 2 million within 1 ½ years. On Nov 11, 1918, allies like Britain and France were exhausted, Germany was as good as defeated and U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing had another 2 million troops ready to come over. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing

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FILE - In this May 28, 2018, file photo, United States' Christian Pulisic controls the ball during an international friendly soccer match against Bolivia in Chester, Pa. Pulisic is scheduled to return to the U.S. national team after playing in just one match over 13 months. Interim coach Dave Sarachan announced a 28-man roster Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, for exhibitions at England on Nov. 15 and against Italy five days later at Genk, Belgium. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Pulisic scheduled for US soccer return while Bradley dropped

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A former 94-year-old SS guard holds his walking stick at the beginning of a trial in Muenster, Germany, Tuesday, Nov.6, 2018. He is charged of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp. (Guido Kirchner/dpa via AP)

Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany

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A candle is placed on a tombstone in a field of graves belonging to WWI soldiers in the main cemetery in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on French soil, and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be in London’s Westminster Abbey for a ceremony with the queen. But in Germany, there are no national commemorations planned for the centenary of the Nov. 11 armistice that brought an end to the bloody conflict that killed more than 2 million of its troops and left 4 million wounded. That’s because the armistice did not bring peace to Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference after talks between the governments of Poland and Germany in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Merkel’s ally forms coalition to govern in Bavaria

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, ahead of intergovernmental consultations in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Nov. 2, 2018. Merkel is visiting Warsaw amid calls by Polish officials that Germany pay Poland billions of dollars for damage inflicted by the Nazis during World War II. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland likely to stay out of global migration pact, PM says

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German Health Minister Jens Spahn laughs prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German health minister sets out pitch for Merkel succession

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Concerned woman’s phone call saves German hiker’s life

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