Editing Remembrance Day (section)

===Germany===
The German national day of mourning is the secular public holiday of [[Volkstrauertag]],<ref name="bbc_schroeder">{{cite news |work=BBC News |date=4 November 1998 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/206760.stm |title=Germany declines armistice day invite |access-date=11 November 2011}}</ref> which since 1952 has been observed two Sundays before the first Sunday of [[Advent]];<ref name="regenburg_speech">{{cite web |url=http://www.regensburg.de/rathaus/aktuelles/ansprachen-und-reden/archiv-2008/ob-hans-schaidinger-2008/volkstrauertag/9910 |publisher=Website of the [[Regensburg]] Rathauser |title=Address by Mayor Hans Schaidinger for Volkstrauertag 2008 |date=16 November 2008 |access-date=11 November 2011}} Unter den Linden Memorial, Regensburg city park, 11.45], "Seit genau 56 Jahren begehen die Menschen in Deutschland nun schon, immer am vorletzten Sonntag des Kirchenjahres – zwei Sonntage vor dem 1. Advent – den Volkstrauertag."</ref> in practice this is the Sunday closest to 16 November. The anniversary of the Armistice itself is not observed in Germany.<ref name="nytimes_merkel">{{cite news |first1=Alan|last1=Cowell|first2=Steven|last2=Erlanger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/europe/12france.html |title=France and Germany Use the Remembrance of a War to Promote Reconciliation |newspaper=New York Times |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=11 November 2011}}</ref>