The departing German leader was no rebel, orator, or original thinker, but morally she was a giant.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel lights a candle at the memorial of the divided city and the victims of communist tyranny during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH)ByAMOTZ ASA-EL