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Angela Merkel: How a poor girl from East Germany rose to become the ‘Empress of Europe’
Perched on the edge of a 3-metre diving board, Angela Kasner was paralysed by fear.
With her class waiting below, the nine-year-old stared down into the swimming pool for 45 minutes, hesitating on whether to take that next step.
- Roscoe Whalan
- ABC News
But as the school bell trilled to mark the end of the lesson, she finally …