Germany’s outgoing president warned his country never to forget the Holocaust during a speech Monday marking the nation’s 50th postwar birthday. Germans must maintain the memory of “persecution and mass murder, of war and deportations,” Roman Herzog said in what was described as the last major address of his five- year presidency. His successor, Johannes Rau, will be sworn in July 1 after legislators elected Rau to the post Sunday.
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