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| - | [[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|230px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]] | + | [[Image:Nietzsche_in_Basel.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (c. 1875)]] |
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| + | "What’s [[heaven]]? Heaven is where the [[police]] are [[Britishness|British]], the [[chef]]s are [[France|French]], the [[mechanics]] are [[Germany|German]], the [[lover]]s are [[Italy|Italian]] and the [[bank|banker]]s are [[Switzerland|Swiss]]. | ||
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| + | So then, what’s [[hell]]? Hell is where the police are German, the chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and the bankers are Italian." [[Heaven is where the police are British|[...]]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Wanderer above the Sea of Fog]]'' ([[1818]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]] | ||
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| '''Germany''' is a [[country]] in [[Western Europe|West]]-[[central Europe]]. It is bordered on the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]]; on the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]]; on the south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]; and on the west by [[France]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Netherlands]]. | '''Germany''' is a [[country]] in [[Western Europe|West]]-[[central Europe]]. It is bordered on the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]]; on the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]]; on the south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]; and on the west by [[France]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Netherlands]]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Anti-German sentiment]] | *[[Anti-German sentiment]] | ||
| + | *[[Culture of Germany]] | ||
| *[[Deutschtum]] | *[[Deutschtum]] | ||
| - | *[[Stereotype of Germans]] | ||
| *[[German Modernism]] | *[[German Modernism]] | ||
| *[[German Romanticism]] | *[[German Romanticism]] | ||
| *[[German art]] | *[[German art]] | ||
| *[[German literature]] | *[[German literature]] | ||
| - | *[[Culture of Germany]] | + | *[[Nazi Germany]] |
| + | *[[Stereotype of Germans]] | ||
| *[[Weimar Berlin]] | *[[Weimar Berlin]] | ||
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"What’s heaven? Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and the bankers are Swiss. So then, what’s hell? Hell is where the police are German, the chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and the bankers are Italian." [...] |
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Germany is a country in West-central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
See also
- Anti-German sentiment
- Culture of Germany
- Deutschtum
- German Modernism
- German Romanticism
- German art
- German literature
- Nazi Germany
- Stereotype of Germans
- Weimar Berlin
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