William Cook

Europeans no longer fear Germany. But do the Germans still fear themselves?

The need for a ‘more active foreign policy’ clashes with the deep-seated pacifism of the federal republic

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In the old Death Strip between East and West Berlin, which runs through the centre of the city, there is a graveyard full of German war heroes and a few war criminals too. From the Red Baron to Reinhard Heydrich, the best and worst of the German military are buried here.

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