Germany

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Frederick the Great

Frederick remained an admired historical figure through Germany’s defeat in World War I, and the Nazis glorified him as a great German leader prefiguring Adolf Hitler, who personally idolised him.

Human Rights Watch

World Report 2024: Germany (hrw.org) Germany’s rights record in 2023 was marked by a large increase in far-right motivated demonstrations as well as a rise in attacks against migrants, Jews, Muslims, Sinti, Roma, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, often constituting hate crimes.

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Norm Macdonald on Germany (YouTube) Norm Macdonald on David Letterman’s last episode of The Late Show in 2015. It has been said that this is Norm’s best joke by fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

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https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477

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Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183

Wikipedia

Germany (Wikipedia) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states are bordered by Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation’s capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.