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Beethoven's Ode to Joy: http://www.lvbeethoven.com/_Sons/_HymneEuropeen/Hymne%20Europeen.wav |
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Another famous German is the head of the Roman Catholic Church: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope in 2005. He took the name 'Benedict XVI (the 16th)'. Born in 1925 in southern Germany, his training to be a priest was interupted by being called up as a young man to fight in the closing years of the Second World War - first manning anti-aircarft guns, then training to be an infantry soldier. After the war, he became a priest in Germany, becoming Archbishop of Munich in 1977. |
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