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Thursday night, 2 In December, a ceremony was held in Berlin to rescue Angela Merkel of the German Chancellor. The event took place in the inner courtyard of the Bundeswehr.
The Großer Zapfenstreich ceremony (loosely translated as “light out” or “dawn”) is considered the highest respect that civilians can receive. warlike. According to tradition, the high-ranking politician for whom the ceremony takes place can order a number of musical compositions that he would like to hear from the Ministry of Defense orchestra. Merkel had previously announced that she had chosen Nina Hagen's song Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen (“You forgot your color film”). She explained that the creation of the German punk rock legend was one of the highlights of her youth.
The military band also played Merkel and invited guests to a church composition and a song by the German star of the 1950s, Hildegard Knef. At the end of the ceremony, the orchestra sang the German anthem.
At the end of the performance of the military musicians, Merkel said goodbye to the present with a wave of her hand, took one scarlet rose from a fresh bouquet in a pot, which was installed next to her chair during the ceremony, and got into the car with a flower in her hands. . She waved her hand a few more times from the car window, occasionally touching her nose, and then the procession led her away from the square.