School cone, satchel – and a photo of the ex-Chancellor: For six-year-old Angela, the beginning of her school days was pretty exciting.
Shortly before she started school in Cologne, she received an autograph card from her namesake, Angela Merkel, along with a dedication.
"For Angela" it said.
Signed by Angela.
The reason: Little Angela and Merkel have a special story in common.
The six-year-old was born in Cologne at the end of 2015, as her parents report – shortly after the family fled Syria.
Out of gratitude for the refugee policy, the daughter was named after the Chancellor, says Father Ezzat.
"She has helped a lot of people.
She helped us,” he explains.
A couple of friends who have been accompanying the family on a voluntary basis for years, contacted Merkel's office, who confirmed that the card had been sent.
Little Angela now goes to school with the good wishes of the once most powerful woman in the world on her back.
If you ask her if tall Angela is nice, she says: "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee from with it." The first thing she wants to do is learn to write.
Although she can already write something: her first name.