Memorials and vigils were held across Germany on Monday as the world marked the first anniversary of the unprecedented terrorist attacks on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. A projection of the Israeli flag illuminated the iconic Brandenburg Gate in the heart of the German capital Berlin after nightfall, where earlier in the day activists had gathered to read the names of 1,170 people who were killed and 255 who were abducted in Israel on October 7, 2023. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday called on the whole country to uphold the principle of “Never again,” a phr…