Dear Reader,
The news that 40 firemen were called out on Sunday to the Berlin apartment of outgoing Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht was the final humiliation of a painful 13 months in office.
The fire, spotted through the window by passersby, was set off by a candle that had burned through an advent wreath. That is an…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The German Review to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.