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What The Mercedes-Benz Factory Has In Common With NYC Cab Drivers

Posted on January 26, 2012 by EricM

During his travels around Germany, Tenenbom visits a Mercedes-Benz Factory. Unlike the previously described Volkswagon Autostadt, the MB factory isn’t nearly as “Disney-world like.” (Read more on the Autostadt in our past posts here.) In fact, from Tenenbom’s description in … Continue reading →

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“How Animalistic People Can Become If… The Law Is On Their Side.”

Posted on January 18, 2012 by EricM

“Hamburg is the World Capital of Militant Bicyclists, and if they know I have some reservations about them they might kill me.  No, I’m not kidding. I was schlpepping two suitcases the other day, and the bicyclists here were torturing me. On … Continue reading →

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How Long Will Germany Remember The Holocaust??

Posted on December 6, 2011 by EricM

“I want to look into the future and not think of the past.” These words were uttered by a man named Jurgen. He is a German-born resident of Dachau, and he says these things when our new literature narrator Tuvia … Continue reading →

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