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A gate at the nazi's KZ Sachsenhausen concentration camp with the words ‘Work will set you free’ written on it
GERMAN biscuit company Bahlsen was forced to apologise after one of its owners said the firm “did nothing wrong” in using forced labour during the nazi era.
Verena Bahlsen conceded that her remarks were inappropriate after she was accused of being “oblivious to history.”
“It was a mistake to amplify this debate with thoughtless responses,” she said in a statement.
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society