*[[UN General Assembly]] President and former German Foreign Minister [[Annalena Baerbock]]: Grandfather Waldemar Baerbock, a [[Wehrmacht]] officer superiors called a “dedicated soldier completely rooted in [[National Socialism]]”, was awarded the War Merit Cross with Swords in 1944. In 2004, Annalena described the EU project as the “reunification of Europe”, saying she and her colleagues were “standing on the shoulders of our grandparents”. | *[[UN General Assembly]] President and former German Foreign Minister [[Annalena Baerbock]]: Grandfather Waldemar Baerbock, a [[Wehrmacht]] officer superiors called a “dedicated soldier completely rooted in [[National Socialism]]”, was awarded the War Merit Cross with Swords in 1944. In 2004, Annalena described the EU project as the “reunification of Europe”, saying she and her colleagues were “standing on the shoulders of our grandparents”. |