Chile president apologises for Nazi gaffe

Chile’s president has apologised for writing a slogan associated with Nazi Germany in a government guest book during a visit to Berlin.

Chile’s president has apologised for writing a slogan associated with Nazi Germany in a government guest book during a visit to Berlin.

Sebastian Pinera wrote “Deutschland uber alles” or “Germany above all” – a phrase that became infamous under the Third Reich and was removed from Germany’s national anthem as too nationalistic after the Second World War.

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