Sept 17: UK Spectator op ed: "How the Queen helped to fix Germany: : She understood the importance of reconciliation."
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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An op ed written by our guest and published by the U.K. Spectator on September 12: How the Queen helped to fix Germany: She understood the importance of reconciliation. the op ed begins: "The Brandenburg Gate has often reflected the state of the German nation. Throughout the centures, Berlins iconic landmark has been a symbol of victory, defeat, unity, division and restoration. It has even reflected Germany's energy crisis, no longer lit to save electricity. But on Friday night it shone brightly once more: in red, white and blue as Germany mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
This is much more than a gesture of condolence. 'Expressing our sympathy and our mourning by lighting the cymbol of our city and our country in the colours of the Union Jack to honour Queen Elizabeth II fully represents the sentiments of people in Berlin,' " said mayor Franziska Giffey. "It was the power of her great personality that has always fascinated us Berliners."
Guest: Katja Hoyer, German/British historian and journalist. Visiting Research Fellow at King's College, London. (Book, Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire.)
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