“Have died?”

November 19, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Home Cooking Tags: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, German, Germany, Language, Suicide Leave a comment

Yeah. Technically, when you have “killed yourselves” you “have died.”

It’s a thing now in Germany, “humane Sterbehilfe.” That means humane or assisted suicide. And it’s getting more popular all the time.

Just look at Germany’s latest government.

Dancing twins Alice and Ellen Kessler have died, police in Germany said Tuesday – Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte among others, have died, police in Germany said Tuesday. They were 89.

Snipers in the subway?

November 18, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: Berlin, Bollwerk Bärlin III, German, Germany, Language, Military, Russia, Training, Ukraine, Urban Warfare, War Leave a comment

Germans copying amerikanische Verhältnisse (American conditions, the American situation) again or what? Sheesh.

Snipers in the metro: German military conducts urban warfare drills in Berlin – German military forces began a five-day urban warfare training exercise in Berlin, focusing on rapid deployment and protection of critical infrastructure in a landmark event.

German military forces began five days of urban warfare training in Berlin, practising emergency deployment scenarios across the capital as Europe’s security landscape shifts following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Bundeswehr’s guard battalion launched the “Bollwerk Bärlin III” exercise on Sunday at multiple locations including Jungfernheide underground station, the Ruhleben police training ground and a former chemical plant site in Rüdersdorf.

German of the day: Betrug

November 9, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hi-tech, Home Cooking Tags: Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Fraud, German, Germany, Internet, Language, Links, Schemes, Websites Leave a comment

That means fraud.

Not just any fraud in this case. German fraud.

5 Southern California suspects arrested for German fraud scheme that stole over €300 million from victims – Five Southern California residents were arrested for their alleged roles in a fraud scheme that stole over €300 million from victims in Germany.

The suspects are accused of creating a scheme that targeted their victims with millions of recurring debit and credit card charges that hit below €50 (around $57 USD) to avoid any detection or suspicion.

The charges were linked to fake or non-existent companies and used fictitious websites that were only accessible via direct links or URLs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

German of the day: Selbstmordattentat

November 2, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Asylum Seekers, Berlin, Borders, German, Germany, Language, Migrants, Security, Terror Leave a comment

That means suicide attack.

Suicide bombing planned in Berlin?: 22-year-old Syrian arrested on suspicion of terrorism – Special forces arrested a suspected IS sympathizer in Berlin on Saturday. Investigators found material suitable for constructing explosive devices in his possession.

German of the day: Asylsuchende

November 1, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: AfD, Anna Paulina Luna, Asylum, Asylum Seekers, Florida, Free speech, German, Germany, Language, Naomi Seibt, USA Leave a comment

That means asylum seeker.

Florida GOP Rep Backs ‘Anti-Greta’ Thunberg German Influencer’s Asylum Bid – Florida Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna has announced her support for far-right German climate skeptic Naomi Seibt, who is seeking asylum in the United States.

Seibt has claimed she facing political persecution in Germany due to her support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

“I applied for asylum with no intention to ask for a favor to prioritize my case. I am a legitimate asylum-seeker, my case speaks for itself. But when congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna saw my announcement, she approached me and immediately offered her personal support. I am immensely grateful for this opportunity. We both fight for the same goals: The protection of free speech and our shared Western values.”

German of the day: Russische Wegwerf-Agenten

October 31, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: Agents, Defense, German, Germany, Language, Russia, Sabotage, Spies, Terror, Ukraine, War Leave a comment

That means disposable Russian agents.

You know, low-level agents who are not not professional spies but hired for small sums to carry out minor acts of sabotage, then “discarded?”

Things like photographing military sites, setting vehicles and facilities on fire, spray-painting political slogans, spreading pro-Russian content and conspiracy theories, etc. They would normally also sabotage rail lines and other forms of strategic infrastructure but the Germans have already beat them to it.

Putin’s secret terror in Germany – Russia’s “disposable agents” pose a threat to internal and external security. It is difficult to expose them. That is why German politicians are puzzling over how to defend the country against them. Now, for the first time, a strategy is taking shape.

German of the day: Stadtbild

October 22, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Asylum Seekers, Borders, Crime, Deportations, Friedrich Merz, German, Germany, Language, Migrants, Rape, Refugees, Safety, Women Leave a comment

That means cityscape. And this word is apparently offensive to Germans.

To Germans who are in denial about violence, sexual or otherwise, being committed by… As I said, in denial.

‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations – German chancellor accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration…

Merz said his priority was “security in public space” and stressed that only if it could be guaranteed “will the [mainstream] political parties win back trust”.

He had drawn flak last week for remarks that critics said hinted that diversity itself was a problem in German cities: “Of course we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the federal interior minister is now working to enable and carry out expulsions on a very large scale,” Merz said on a visit to Brandenburg state outside Berlin.

German of the day: Das crazy

October 18, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Higher Education, Home Cooking Tags: German, Germany, Language, Slang, Words, Youth, Youth Word of the Year Leave a comment

That means that’s crazy.

Checkst du?

Youth word of the year – These were the top 3 youth words of 2025.

The youth have spoken… And, as every year, the rest of us are left wondering. The decision on the youth word of the year will be made on October 18, 2025. But which terms were up for selection in advance?

German of the day: Rabatt

October 17, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Hi-tech Tags: German, Germany, IVF, Language, Merck, Tariffs Leave a comment

That means discount.

In this case down from “700% more expensive in the United States than in the rest of the world.”

Trump Strikes Deal With German Merck on Tariffs, IVF Costs – President Donald Trump announced a deal with Germany’s Merck KGaA to cut the price of its fertility medicines in exchange for relief from threatened tariffs, a step toward fulfilling his campaign promise of making IVF less expensive and more widely available in the US…

The discount will slash more than $2,000 from the cost of treatment, said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz.

German of the day: Drohen

October 16, 2025 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: Defense, Drones, German, Germany, Language Leave a comment

That means to threaten.

And Drone means drone.

Germany to spend 10 bln euros on drones in coming years, defence minister says – Germany will spend 10 billion euros($11.62 billion)in coming years for all kinds of drones, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels.

He also said that Germany will offer to take the lead in an European Union air defence shield and that Germany will increase its contribution to air policing.

Observing Hermann

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