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School shooting exemplifies U.S. influence on eastern Germany.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| May 01, 2002 | Tweedie, Sanford | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As a Fulbright scholar during the 2001-02 school year, I lived in Erfurt, the eastern German city where 16 people were slain inside Gutenberg school. When I heard the news, one of my first thoughts was that it is now clear how much America's influence has pervaded the once-communist former German Democratic Republic.

Erfurt is a beautiful medieval town of 200,000 that was spared almost completely from World War II bombing. Resplendent with small community gardens and home to an international gardening center, Erfurt is known as the "garden city."

My daughter Tara, then 13, attended one of the city's nine "gymnasiums," combination middle and high schools ...

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