Memoirs of former German leader Angela Merkel, titled ‘Freedom,’ will be published in November

BERLIN (AP) — The memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be released in November. The publication will come nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at Germany’s helm. It is titled “Freiheit,” or “Freedom,” and will be roughly 700 pages. Publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch said Monday the volume will be published on Nov. 26. Merkel co-wrote the book with her longtime assistant and adviser, Beate Baumann. Merkel was a scientist who grew up in communist East Germany and became Germany’s first female chancellor in 2005. She steered Germany through a succession of crises including the global financial crisis, the migrant crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. She was succeeded by current Chancellor Olaf Scholz in December 2021.