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Culture In Germany, a Jewish family is reunited with a treasured family object — but also a sense of exile
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Fast Forward Munich police kill man who brandished gun near Israeli consulate and 1972 Olympics massacre commemoration
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Fast Forward Grandson of Munich massacre victim assaulted in Berlin; family says attack was motivated by hate
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