D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...

Germany is restoring Jewish names that Nazis stripped from its phonetic alphabet more than 75 years ago. Adolf Hitler changed the alphabet in 1934, a year after he ascended to power — subbing, for ...

Germany is to revamp its phonetic alphabet to remove words added by the Nazis. Before the Nazi dictatorship some Jewish names were used in the phonetic alphabet - such as "D for David", "N for Nathan" ...

Germany to restore Jewish names to phonetic alphabet The famous model is the one used by NATO. The German model uses names; those deemed too Jewish were taken out and replaced with others. People rest ...