German Ex-Communists Seek Revolution in Luther’s Homeland
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Thuringia in eastern Germany is proud of its historical associations. Martin Luther, father of the Reformation that split 16th century Europe into religious schisms, went to school in the state, where Johann Sebastian Bach was born and Johann Wolfgang Goethe found his muse.
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Thuringia is again poised to make history with a revolution of a different sort. It’s where former Communists are within reach of capturing their first regional government since being tossed out of power in 1989.