http://www.netvouz.com/ukro/tag/germans?feed=rss ukro's bookmarks tagged "germans" on Netvouz http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,655123,00.html Did East Germans originate from apes? Impossible. Apes could never have survived on just two bananas a year. Such jokes were whispered in communist East Germany -- and West German spies recorded them diligently to gain insights into the public mood, according to recently released intelligence files. Links > Articles ukro Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:32:24 GMT http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091009/REVIEW/710089994/1008 Cover story For centuries Germans united around the tale of Hermann, a chieftain who defeated the Roman army. But this founding national myth was banished from memory in the postwar era. Clay Risen considers the search for national identity in a post-national age. Links > Media > Int Press > Reviews ukro Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:05:52 GMT