Einstein teaches Germans how to smile

Albert Einstein, Ludwig van Beethoven and Katarina Witt are all starring in a new campaign—to lift the spirits of the apparently depressed German populace. The campaign, which carries slogans such as “You are the miracle from Germany,” (just a tad stilted, no?) comes as the country grapples with massive unemployment and “political deadlock” following the Sept. 18th elections, according to this story. The man who organized the effort—Bernd Bauer—explains that Germans tend to be more pessimistic than some other nationalities and, basically, need a campaign to tell them to cheer up.