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102. Germany from Adenauer to Angela

The Rest Is History

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Isn't It a Lutheran Idea?

Merkle's father was a lutheran who went to east germany in the 1950s. Her mother had been deeply opposed to his move, so he and Merkle moved against her wishes. She has left of centre sympathies but is still very much a devout lutheran. But she also inherited from that experience a kind of mistrust of wild idealism.

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