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In this episode, Rachel Loxton is joined by journalists Rachel Stern and Imogen Goodman. Our guest this week is historian and tour guide Jonny Whitlam. Our sound engineer is Rhys Edwards.

Here are some links to the stories we talk about:

Germany's citizenship law passes final hurdle and why the citizenship test is being shaken up:

Elation and worry as Germany's citizenship law passes final hurdle
Why Germany is shaking up citizenship test questions
The new questions being added to Germany's citizenship test

Changes residents should know in April:

Everything that changes in Germany this April

Cannabis possession becomes legal in Germany plus vocab:

What to know about Germany's partial legalisation of cannabis
German word of the day - Kiffen
German word of the day - Bubatz

Germany's culture of remembrance:

New hurdles for Germany's remembrance culture as Holocaust survivors dwindle

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Germany's citizenship test shake-up explained and the Holocaust-era film winning Oscars

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