Press play to take heed to this text Voiced by synthetic intelligence. In early January of 1984, an aspiring younger West German socialist with a shoulder-length curly mane traveled by practice to East Berlin along with his comrades for an essential assembly.   It was a tense time within the …

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — News this month that the number of German soldiers declaring themselves conscientious objectors rose fivefold in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine created little more than a ripple in Germany. For many Germans it’s perfectly …