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There will also be space in the program for lively discussions about social standards and taboos. 05:30 DocFilm For a cow to produce milk, she must give birth to a calf. Female calves later become dairy cows themselves, while male calves are surplus to the dairy industry's requirements. They're packed into trucks and suffer in transit on their way to fattening facilities. 06:00 DW News 06:02 DW News Focus 06:15 DocFilm ‘Stolpersteine', or ‘stumbling stones' placed in the pavement commemorate the victims of Nazism. The squares are made of brass and measure 10cm x 10cm. More than 100,000 of these memorial plaques have been laid in over 30 countries. 07:00 DW News 07:02 DW News Focus 07:15 Arts Unveiled Rilke is treated almost like a pop star on social media, and his poetry has the makings of a hit: the poet Rainer Maria Rilke is, even more than 150 years after his birth, a cult figure. 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