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Thalidomide Maker Apologizes After More Than 50 Years

A sculpture by the artist Bonifatius Stirnberg memorializes the victims of thalidomide, a drug that caused thousands of birth defects. A translation of the German text below the chairs: "In memory of the dead and the survivors of the thalidomide catastrophe." (DAPD via AP)
A sculpture by the artist Bonifatius Stirnberg memorializes the victims of thalidomide, a drug that caused thousands of birth defects. A translation of the German text below the chairs: "In memory of the dead and the survivors of the thalidomide catastrophe." (DAPD via AP)

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