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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Incoming German FM says he entered politics because of Auschwitz
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany’s new foreign minister, Heiko Maas, announces that he will travel to Israel soon. “I entered politics because of Auschwitz,” he says in his inaugural speech at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin.
Maas, until recently Germany’s justice minister, has been scheduled to attend an international conference on fighting anti-Semitism next week in Jerusalem, though organizers say his office has not yet confirmed his attendance.
In his speech, he also reiterates Germany’s commitment to Israel’s security.
— Raphael Ahren
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