This Week in Germany

Check out this week's podcast for news in Germany including a plan created by the city of Essen to entice unemployed alcoholics to work by giving them beer. A holocaust survivor is campaigning to have Germany do more for Syrian refugees. The 13th annual Economic Summit took place in Munich to discuss free trade's pros and cons. Learn about Leipzig Zoo and all that it has to offer. The city of Essen proposes giving unemployed citizens beer to help clean the streets. Quinn Dombrowski / Flickr Munich holds the 13th Economic Summit to discuss free trade. Werner Kunz / Flickr Holocaust surviver, Inge Lammel, want Germany to help more Syrian refugees. Freedom House / Flickr Leipzig Zoo. Ingrid Eulenfan / Flickr     Exotic animals at the Leipzig Zoo. Ingrid Eulenfan / Flickr Free flight bird sanctuaries. Appaloosa / Wikimedia Gondwanaland, animals of the world's rain forests. Alexander Klotz / Flickr Leipzig's Spectacled bear's now have all their hair. Digo_Souza / Flickr This week: Essen makes taxpayer-funded plan to give beer to the unemployed.Germany continues to debate whether free trade will be beneficial. Holocaust survivor wants to help more Syrian refugees.Our German A-Z guide covers the letter "U" and learn about one of the largest and most interesting zoos. If you have an opinion on anything you heard in this edition of the podcast, or you have a suggestion for a story or feature you'd like to hear, feel free to contact us.