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You dont have to pick up your children. Here in Germany it is absolutly normal when kids go on their own to school, play outside alone, riding on bikes with their friends to the next town.

Yes, in Germany everybody learns English except special ed, but the number of years you have English classes depends on the school type.

Germany has a federal school system, so this video only refers to Bavaria. there are 15 other systems.

Talking about 4th grade and the holy grail of Gymnasium. My child goes to the nearest public school to our place. Unfortunately there is this public city wide map that shows this particular school has the highest percentage of 10 year olds moving on to Gymnasium instead of Mittelschule so there is a big rush of helicopter parents trying to get into this school, which makes the school increase their pressure and workload on the pupils. Soooo my little one struggled for several reasons in kindergarten, I had him tested and even though he had above average logical reasoning and spacial sense, his processing speed and language processing is so so and his general IQ is 99, which doesn't scream Gymnasium. Can't he just enjoy a good primary school education without university looming in the background? I'm not excluding it altogether for him but he said since he was 3 that he wants to repair cars, why make him go through the whole Gymnasium selection routine for no reason?

For us in Belgium, it's normal to be bilingual, so it's easy to talk to people from all over the world 👌

Hungary is how you say it in English. In German it is Ungarn. 🇭🇺

All children in Germany have to learn at least one foreign language which is almost exclusively English nowadays. In some border areas the language of the neighbouring country might be an option instead. At Gymnasium, you have to learn two foreign languages and you normally have the option for a third foreign language. At Realschule you have to learn only one foreign language with usually the option for a second. And at Hauptschule you only have one foreign language.

Smaller children actually get over the change relatively quickly. Due to the influx of immigrants and refugees over the past 40 years (first the late resettlers from Russia and Poland, then people from the former Yugoslavia, then from Iraq, most recently from all over the world, currently a lot from the Ukraine), kindergartens and elementary schools have experienced how they can integrate children, what they need. Our biggest problem at the moment is the lack of teachers. Because in our bigger cities (like Berlin or Frankfurt) there are more children with a migration background in the 1st or 2nd generation (who immigrated or whose parents immigrated) than German children. That's why it's better moving to more rural regions, where the children can integrate better, because most of their friends are natives in German language. When you come to Germany, you have to take into account that school children from the age 10+ mostly will lose a year. There are ways to solve this problem: - let your children learn some German before the big change, to make friends; - inform yourself about the schoolsystem and the Lehrplan in the federal state you want to stay (the Lehrplan is a mandatory education plan for all schools, what children have to learn in which grade) - get some schoolbooks of the grade before, at least in the main subjects, like maths or science (any schoolbook; you can get them over amazon, the main publishers are Cornelsen, Westermann, Klett, Diesterweg, search with the tags "Schulbuch" the federal state e.g. "Bayern", "Hessen"; the subject e.g. "Mathematik" "Latein" the school form "Gymnasium" or "Realschule" and the grade e.g. "8. Klasse" ). Let your child have a look into the books. Hire a tutor only, when your child wants it.; - keep in mind in mathematics, natural sciences, geography and a 2nd language in particular, they are far behind, due to the American course system in High school. In religious education (RE or Ethics/Philosophy instead is mandatory in most German states) and IT they usually come out on top. The first 6 month they won't get grades, so they can keep up with the others, hire a tutor if necessary. - keep in touch with the teachers but don't force your own thoughts on them; - because there are no after school activities in school, like sports or theater, register your children in clubs like the football club, a choir, the local youth fire brigade or the Bambini fire brigade, let them go to the Ferienspiele (regional activities for children in the summer break). You can ask other parents or someone from the local churches (who offer also a lot of activities for all, not only for parish members); - let your children meet with friends - ALONE - and most important: as parent calm down; grades are not so important for getting a place at university and a good job in Germany (except, when they want study law or medicine); your kid can leave the school with 9th grade, do an apprenticeship and study afterwards at University, like all the others and for free.

the German School System is rather complicated: Elementary School (Grundschule): Grades 1-4 (Sometimes an optional year of preschool) At the end of 4th grade the teachers, parents and stutents will decide a direction for the student: University route, open route and vocational route. Hauptschule (grade 5-9) is the vocational route for kids who don't show drive/aptitude for learning or are more interested in working vocational. (many jobs in Germany are trained through masters in their trade without the needs for higher education) Realschule/Mittelschule (grade 5-10) is the open route. The focus is on keeping options, so you can switch routes later on. The learning is a bit more intense and the topics are spread further. In 10th grade, the student decides, if dwitching to Gymnasium is an option (depending on the grades) or start training in a vocation. Gymnasium (grade 5-12) is the university prep route. Depending on the Gymnasium, the focus can be on languages (2-4 additional languages), music and art, or math and science. The final grades will determine, which University you can apply to (Medicine is notorious for putting you in a waiting line for years if you don't have perfect grades). Universities with tons of applicants will delay or outright decline your application with your final grades as a reason. Getting a less prestigious or higher effort degree at a less known University is also an option, if the grades are not that good. You can always switch between the routes, if your grades allow. The focus on learning is important, though. If you have bad grades in Hauptschule, they will drop further when switching to Realschule/Mittelschule, because you suddenly have to learn more different things. And you might not be able to switch to a Gymnasium with language-focus, as some Realschulen/Mittelschulen don't offer a third language (everybody has to learn english as second language, many schools offer french or the language of the closest neighboring country as third language. Gymnasien with a language focus will offer additional options like latin, [ancient] greek, spanish, russian or other european languages, in rare cases even non european ones.) or you chose to not pursue a third langage and two years later you want to switch but can't because of that.

I always watch the videos from the Mc Falls. They are such a wonderful family ! They are a perfect example how to integrate in the best way !

And you are so right, we the germans just looooove them. Not only the destroy every stereotyp about us americans, they really try their very best to adjust to the german way of life. They are learning the language, are very interested in my country, so in other words not only good usa representatives but good humans 😁😁😍😍❤❤

I see Hausschuhe -‚House shoes‘ as a way to feeling Home. This is where you are right now, feel comfy.

Once the kids are 14, they can decide for themselves and the parents are not allowed (forbidden by law if I remember correctly) to decide after they turned 14. Before that most German parents ask what their children want to do.

19.15 the teachers probably never thought about that 😅 (telling the parents that the children need clothing for playing outside) because it’s so normal here 🙈

The ethics classes in Germany are not only for atheist children, but also for jewish and muslim children or for kids from any other religion.

“The school should have told you they have recess outside” 🤣 I bet they didn’t think of that because EVERYBODY has recess outside every day.

Yes, most Germans will take their shoes of in the hallway or sometimes in front of the appartment door when they come home. But house shoes in school seems odd to me. Might be special to this school. I never had house shoes in any school I went to.

So there are different types of private schools in Germany. There are international schools mentioned in the video which indeed are on the rather expensive side, however there are a lot of private schools most often run by the Catholic or Protestant church which by law are not allowed to impose tuition (an exception would be boarding schools for obvious reasons). As far as I know not all 16 states strictly enforce the tuition ban but for the most part even schools run by private entities are pretty much free to attend and are obliged to stick to the curriculum as mandated by the state in order for all children to have relatively equal chances for the end of school exams.

Your tearfulness about the pledge of allegiance is interesting. In Germany there is no pledge of allegiance at all. And the seperation of state and church is much larger than in the US. It is a subject in school, along with the ethics class, because learning and discussing subjects from a meta viewpoint is part of a wellrounded education, not because religion should have any influence. Germans talk about religion like about reviewing washing machines, and it's not a very emotional topic. Also, all kids here learn English, and most middle schools have a compulsory third language, in the High School/College Admission track you can learn a fourth one or intensify your third language. Often they choose the language considered the most convenient, or whatever teacher is available.

• German schools have *3 Main Lessons; German, Math & English.* The grades of those 3 matter the most esp. for next schoolforms *only* those 3 matter to be accepted or not! • Kindergarten; Age from 6months to 6 years. • School; Age from 6 on. >> Kindergarten times differ each, so choose the right one! Opening: between 06:30 to 07:30 Closing: 12:30 or 14:00 or 16/17:00 ~> If you work, you would look for 7:00 to 16/17:00 ones. (Normal worktime for germans is: 07:30 +8h work +1h lunch = 9h workday. Normal workdays are Mon. to Friday. Saturday & ofc Sundays are free. >> School: *Every* school lesson starts at *7:30**.* Excepetion is only 1 lesson later (45min lesson, 5min break), or a lesson is canceled bc teacher is ill etc. • There is normally a 5 to 10 minute break between each lesson, with two big breaks that last for 20 minutes so that there is a chance to go and play outside in the playground. One at 9:30 Breakfast. There aren't normally lessons after lunch in normal German schools. But there are also plenty *Gesamttages Schulen,* which have also lessons until 15-16:00. In most *normal schools you have the option, for *Tagesbetreuung* and or *Homework-Betreuung.* Smt its also called *Hord* esp. for Kindergarten ;) *Additional Info... Holidays:* • _Term dates in Germany_ In Germany, schoolchildren receive *75 days of holiday per year* (including 12 Saturdays). These 75 days are divided into six school holiday periods that break up the separate school terms. While the autumn, Christmas and Easter holidays are usually fixed breaks of around two weeks, the winter and Whitsun holidays may be lengthened, shortened or even scrapped in a particular year, depending on how early or late the summer holiday starts in that federal state. • _Types of school holidays in Germany_ The six types of school breaks in Germany are: >> Autumn holiday (Herbstferien) - two weeks >> Christmas holiday (Weihnachtsferien) - usually two weeks >> Winter holiday (Winterferien) - between a few days and two weeks >> Easter holiday (Osterferien) - two to three weeks >> Whitsun holiday (Pfingstferien) - between a few days and two weeks >> Summer holiday (Sommerferien) - six to seven weeks • In Germany, every worker, has by law *(Worker rights)* minimum 24normal + 13 puplic holidays, all paid. So 37 holidays paid. In 10 years minimum 370 holidays paid, which means per 10years work, you worked less then 9 years. In Addition.1: you get *Urlaubsgeld/ Holiday money* as bonus which is set by 60% of your monthly income min. or more if comp does so. In Additional.2: you get bonus christmas money from your comp, payed out end of November as extra payment. • For every *each* kid you have, germany will pay on your bank account, *Kindergeld* no matter your income. 225/235 or 250€/month, for the next german taxpayers well beeing. Also if unemployed. • _Many other points, but this is, i guess what you wanted to know related to this video + some extras from my side._ All the best

I know the video is not very recent, but if you are still interested, I can tell you that parents can decide which religious education a child attends until the child is 14. At 14, the child can then decide for itself.

In the Netherlands the sitter who is introduced to the school picks them up. Or they stay on the school until the parents are done working. Older childeren go home by them selfs and are given responsibility to have lunch and sometimes go back for a second time. (no school provided lunches in the Netherlands although they can take a lunch with them while they stay at the school) If they don't come to school because they 'have more important stuff to do' or something happened the parents will be called.

Bilingual is nice but most people in Gymnasium will learn three languages good enough to communicate and there are many learning more. I actually started learning additional languages simply for vacations (Greek and French). My daughter is learning Italian so she can communicate with her boyfriends grandparents. Understanding several languages is nothing special in Europe.

Concerning *LEARNING LANGUAGES (and grammar):* The easiest way is to ... 1. get a rudimentary amount of words ... 2. get BOOKS you like to DEVOUR ... which might even be children's books ... and read read READ EVERY DAY. This will automatically give you the "sense of grammar" over time!

For small children its easier to learn new languages . When growing up we use to have Foreign channels as well like BBC( english ) , BRT ( Belgian ) ZDF /ART .... German Broadcasting in the netherlands . we would watch cartoons in english german dutch . Most of us got to understand english and german on an early age. If you can get some cartoons that are familiar but in to a different language like german ( easy to do with dvds these days. language options) It will make learning a language much easier, You tube has plenty of german versions of american shows and cartoons. Like the Freggles. Smurfs , sponge bob or what ever cartoons . You can do it at home , and they learn with out knowing.

In the Netherlands non dutch speaking childeren usualy go to a different school first before they can go to the general schools. This school puts the ephasis on learning Dutch at a high rate. Usualy this means that within a half year to a year depending how vast they learn they can enter the general schools. If they don't speak dutch at a specific level schools will not enrole you child. For older childeren midle to high schools there are other options as there are schools that educate in english only or partly.

There is a " Hort" . Your Kid can go after school. ist like a kindergarten after school.

For the normal german school you pay nothing, only the private international school cost a lot!!! Our kindergarten, is not the same like the kindergarden in US.

Kindergarten is from 8:00 to 12:00 Most even offer from 7:00 to 16:00 Grundschule or elementary school is from 8:00 to 13:00 Most schools offer after school homework support 13:00 to 16:00 and have book and music clubs. Most children are at home around 14:00, eat, do homework, and go to their sport clubs. At Gymnasium level, students learn at least 2 foreign languages (English plus mostly either French, Spanish, Turkish, some even Chinese or Russian). At Real/Mittelschule level, students learn Englisch. It depends on the Bundesland (state) you're in.

sry, I'm a bit confused, I didn't get your remark at 16:00, so maybe I'm coming across totally arrogant here: "Hungary" is not a german word. It's the english name for a country in eastern europe. The german name for that country is "Ungarn" (not to be confused with the Ukraine (which interestingly is the same name in german and english, just with a slightly different pronounciation).

In most parts of Germany it's absolutely not necessary for children to get picked up by their parents! It's only necessary for helicopter parents to pick up their children to depredate their self-reliance... 😉 Usually kids can go by foot, by bike or use public transport here. Being raised in a little city and living less than one kilometre from school there was only one day my mom took me there and that was for my school enrollment. And the only reason to take me for a ride after school was on fridays when spent my weekends with other relatives. So e.g. my uncle fetched me and my luggage by car... No problem! 🤷🏼‍♂️

2 year old kid speaks all languages.

As they did not choose a international-private school and sent them to a public school, they don't pay anything, or may by around 40€ per year for books and additionally the "normal stuff" like pens, notebooks, etc.. In Germany you go in school with your peers, and hopefully the kid is good in learning German or is able to, even before, as themain language in school is German. If you like to know, what this "Chinese" of the German school system is like: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W1jlWxgxMgo.html Of course we take our shoes off, why shouldn't we? That keeps the dirt outside of the rooms. In school, mostly in elementary school, the change their shoes before they go into their class room. In elementary school, there is often a "Ganztagsschule" full day school, so they care about the kids until 15:00 / 16:00. Or the kids just walk home. I did that also, when my mum worked. The teachers for religion are teacher, that studied also that subject and are almost member of that religion. But that are usually not priests or similar, just teachers, somtimes dedicated to do this, by the cathholic church and the content is defined in the ministry of education of that federal state. And you get an overview about at least the five main religions in the world, but then a deeper dive into that particular religion or confession. If enuogh students and a teacher is available, there are sometimes also muslim or jewish religion. English is the typical first second language, but sometimes this is also French often at schools near the French border. There may be a few grammar schools, where they reach Latin as the first second language.

regarding the religion class - the parents decide what the child will atend. we also have it in Slovakia, the parent signs a paper in which class the child will go

In germany all childrens are learning english. It starts at the 4th grade.

Make sure your children learn the language at a young age, that makes it a lot easier, German children learn German, Dutch children learn Dutch and English and can understand German, which makes learning German a lot easier. At a later age they can choose between German or French in their number package at school. (The last time my daughter was a half day at school, and a half day behind the laptop. I'm glad they simply can go back to school. She just turn her to his own, and still plans to do with her girlfriends. )

While being bilingual is great it is not that big of an advantage on the job market. Yes, higher level jobs usually require very good English skills, however most Germans applying for such jobs likely will have learned English in school. Many University programms require B2/C1 English skills, 90% of my reading for Uni was in English.

Here in Germany,,, we also 2 - languages in school... /After 10 years in the, Realschool,, you can change to a,, 3years dual Job education, school and practice(police officer/constructor/Nurse.... /or take 2 years on a school to study at University...

Well yes and no about the bilingual stuff... im from Romania i speak five languages. English being the third out of the five i speak. it`s not about how many languages you speak it is about what you want and what you can do.

The Black forest familie, is ook een stelletje uit Amerika. Dat woont en werkt in Duitsland. Met een kleine van 8 of 9 maanden.

Many Dutch people (for historical reasons) can also speak German very well. Dutch is similar to German. But very few Germans can speak Dutch. Btw: German is (after Russian) the most widespread mother tongue in Europe (about 100 million people). Austria, Luxembourg, parts of Switzerland and northern Italy also speak German.

u dont have a section after the front door where the shoes get taken off and jackets are hung? from that point it is Hausschuhe or Socken only. hence why my south african feet are so soft, grew up German. DSJ !

Well, the thing with the school always depends on the state, for example in Bavaria they have a slightly different school structure than in Berlin, not that I would somehow move to Bavaria Except of course if you can shit money

Just keep in mind that many of the things they talk about will be quite different in a city.

Great informative video and interesting questions that you have. I have answers to some of your questions but there are long answers. Maybe I’ll answer you on Discord.

You don't have to pick up your children after school. They get home by bike, bus or they just walk. And for younger children (Grundschule/primary school) that have a longer way home there is also Hort a place often next to the school with educators (I didn't find a better English word for Erzieher*in) where your children can spend time after school/do their homework/play with their friends till their parents pick them up (in my primary school Hort was opened till 5 or 6 pm I think).I personally really loved it because there were often also fun activities and you were already finished with homework when you got picked up.

Here in the Netherlands all people are billingual, so it doesn't provide you with a better job, but you need it anyway visithing other European countries. English is even my fourth language, and I'am still learning other languages. 😁

Hoi, American girl react. :-) This video is a bit older, In the meantime, MMMlife got a Hamster too. They also housed some Ukrainian refugees. Many people in germany take of thier outdoor shoes when entering a house, and put on thier indoor shoes. people often have a rack next to the door with shoes. The religion lessons are probally ( i am not 100% sure) bcause they live in the south, were people are more religious. Like in the Netherlands, English is taught to everyone. Tschüss.

no not really. School doesnt have to tell people that kids will go outside, to bring clothes, that they will need to breathe, so dont put a bag on their head, that theyll need to write, so grab a pen, its common sense stuff.

That with the choice of school. Those 3 levels, the Netherlands is the same. I had Havo. high medium! And Did LTS. Nice and easy and work with your hands.

I Workshop in Germany in a Kindergarten when you have questions i Cam give you answers when you want

Germany is relatively safe, so the children can go to school and drive alone. The only thing that is dangerous is the traffic in larger cities, and children often learn that at school, in school there are often lessons in cycling. I had that in preschool. Crime is not part of everyday public life. You don't see on TV every day that someone was shot in the street or something like that. Of course there is also crime, murder, domestic violence, drugs and there are the right-wing extremists who remain in their stupidity, but the way it is in the USA, it's just not like that here.

For similar topics about the Netherlands you might like to check out "Jovie's Home"

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I understand your desire to move abroad. In some ways life is easier in Europe. But don’t underestimate how hard the start can be.

Regarding the religion class: I can only speak about my personal experiences in the Bavarian part of Germany (raising my children here ☺) and here the culture is deeply embedded in the Roman Catholic religion, therefore religion is still in the curriculum. So the choices, basically made by the parents and later on in concert with the child, are a) Roman Catholic: As far as I understood it, it is the equivalent of bible studies in an age appropriate way (What is friendship? In 1st grade up to full blown bible studies 😳) . Those studies may be intensified e.g. 3rd/4th grade for preparing a churchillian milestone. Is the teacher a good one, they also will point out differences to other world religions e.g. Islam and Buddhism. b) Lutherian Evangelical: Similar to the Roman Catholic class only from their church standpoint 😁 c) Ethics: Here it starts aswell with the basic stuff (definition for friendship, community, love etc.) on a more broader view - in this I mean not limited by the church -, but as the kids get older and more comprehensive of the subject (around 5th grade) the main differences between the religions are "researched". Starting point are of course the classic world religions Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism. With every year there are more religious groups looked at. For example last year my youngest had to research the Satanic Church and her classmate the Scientology Church. Hope this helped a bit, take care - Europe ⚘

The "Mittelschule" is a school that is kind of the middle way between "Realschule" and "Gymnasium", as you can get both an "Realschule"-degree and an "Gymnasium"-degree (wich one you do is decided in 8th grade). [edit 1: Aditionally "Mittelschule" also includes elementary school but you can also change there after going to an other elementary school] [edit 2: The three different religion classes (catholic, protestant and ethics) are all covering most big religions, but the catholic and protestant classes just look at everything from a respectively more catholic or protestant point of view]

Changing shoes are not for the school it is for the classroom.

After the latest events in Us, the title of their Video hits different 😥

Every mail you become from the school it is in german

Wauw. Very interesting... thank you for this video. Learned a lot of Germanie and America. Keep up the good work. 💖

At the moment, German schools are on the decline. They lack teachers, and it's no longer so easy to hop in from other federal states. In addition, they fight for every student. Also, the promotion to higher schools in Germany has some pitfalls. Once you get into the lower school, you won't get out of it anytime soon. In addition, ascents are very difficult to achieve. You can forget about studying!

A little sidecomment on the cost of international schools, though I worked at one in Belgium (where I live). 11000 to 15000 euro's is cheap and is for kindergarten or lower school. Highschool/Upperschool can easily be 20000 to 25000 euro a year. European schools are cheaper though still a lot more expansive as public schools. ). (I also worked at an european school here. I liked both experiences.).

Yes and the kindergarten is some else as in the US there the kids more playing has nothing to do with the elementary school by you

Pledge of allegiance, that sounds like indoctrination to me.

You are wright english lessons in german Schools are mandatory

No, wearing house shoes to school in Germany is defenitely not a common thing. In fact, it's the first time I have ever heard it when I watched their video. ^^

englisch ist nicht immer die 1. fremdsprache... es gibt auf dem gymnasium altsprachlich und neusprachlich... es kann also auch latein oder altgriechisch sein... wenn man zb arzt werden will braucht man das große latinum und dafür muß man latein glaube ich miniimum 6 jahre haben (5. klasse bis zur 10.)... auch wird an der grenze zu frankreich, schweiz, luxemburg und co schon französisch im kindergarten unterrichtet... englisch ist daher nicht automatisch die 1. fremdsprache... verstehe das eh nicht... meine frau kommt zb aus peru und meine kinder sprechen spanisch als muttersprache, aber in deutschland spricht kaum jemand spanisch, obwohl spanisch weltweit verbreiteter ist als englisch... selbst im süden der usa kommt man mit spanisch weiter als mit englisch und das wird sich in den usa immer weiter verbreiten und in kürze englisch als hauptsprache ablösen und oh wunder, dann wird bestimmt jeder spanisch lernen müssen, weil ja die welt immer so zu springen hat wie es die usa gerne hätte...

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pickup? they wanlk home themself. ride the bike or drive with a publik bus

Either they should teach *all* religions (and atheism) in school or none at all. I think it's important to know about religion since it's a reason for many occurrences in history, but it shouldn't be focussed on one religion. School is a place for science and not invented stories (outside Goethe, Hochhut and other authors of course).

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To break this down. Gymnasium is were the smart kids go who've all As in 4th grade. If they finish 12th grade they will get their school certificate which is called Abitur. With the Abitur they can apply to any University. Now Realschule. Thats a school for all the kids that are neither brilliant nor dumb. Realschule finishes with 10th grade and the school certificate is called Mittlere Reife. You can't apply to University with that but you can go on to schools to get the Abitur if you so desire and are school smart enough. Usually kids from Realschule go on to have 3 year apprenticeships and learn a profession. They can then also enter Universities to study subject-specific stuff to their profession. Mittel- or Hauptschule is for kids who don't have good grades and have learning problems. They finish at 9th grade but they can then always work their way up to get mittlere Reife or even Abitur because some kids just need to get older to really motivate themselves. You can also always do that as an adult.

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Make yourself a good home here. Escape the Insanity of Gods own Country. You´re welcome here!

Tag Housschohe Thing ist feel Cosy.

German is deutsch not dutch

ja but ze germans use real maths letterings.

Depends on why you want to emigrate If it is in politics it is everywhere These are different flavors of shitty politics

Actually, it is not normal behavior for parents to pick up their children at school. Children go to school on their own and come back on their own. I even knew my way home when I was in kindergarten.

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Too slow.

Germany is not that safe anymore. I live in a traditionally rather cozy an well off area in Berlin, but jut a few weeks ago, 200 meters from my house, in broad daylight, a woman got stabbed into her belly and then got her throat slid. It was the father of her six children, they lived in the nearby refugees shelter.