"leitkultur" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: leitkultur

Filed Under: German, Germany

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Merz, CDU parliamentary floor leader, has been criticised for saying foreigners had no choice but to accept German as the “dominant culture,” using the term German “Leitkultur” that raised memories of terms used by the Nazis.

Article or Document Title:
“German conservatives push for immigration controls”

Author:
Erik Kirschbaum

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Reuters

Dateline:
Berlin, Germany

Date of Publication:
Oct. 25, 2000

This cite belongs to a full entry for leitkultur.

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