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A giant mosaic showing the hands of German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Eyeing re-election, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader put up a new billboard next to Berlin's main train station.
It immediately became a meme.
The giant mosaic shows Merkel's hands composed of smaller photographs of hands.
The orange banner on the left reads "Germany in good hands."
The tumblr Merkel-Raute or "Merkel Hash," has been compiling them under the tag "The hands of the Merkel - Germany's future is in good hands" in German.
Here are a few:
![tumblr_msp8fmQ18y1shd00xo1_1280](http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5229b85e69bedd566d7c37cc-850-742/tumblr_msp8fmq18y1shd00xo1_1280.jpg)
daseinhorn2013/Merkel Hash
"Merkel Hash # 42 [Loriot Raute]"
![tumblr_msnghiXLFv1shd00xo1_1280](http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5229b85eecad040e5000d7e3-686-681/tumblr_msnghixlfv1shd00xo1_1280.jpg)
daseinhorn2013/Merkel Hash
![tumblr_msnrbtP60i1shd00xo1_1280](http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5229b85e6bb3f7e244b36ab4-602-872/tumblr_msnrbtp60i1shd00xo1_1280.jpg)
daseinhorn2013/Merkel Hash
![tumblr_msnrinslTe1shd00xo1_1280](http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5229b85eeab8eabb40ad5a8f-850-876/tumblr_msnrinslte1shd00xo1_1280.jpg)
daseinhorn2013/Merkel Hash
![tumblr_msnmq5dSpU1shd00xo1_1280](http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5229b85e6bb3f78a4db36aa4-687-674/tumblr_msnmq5dspu1shd00xo1_1280.jpg)
daseinhorn2013/Merkel Hash
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We can see why it would get the Internet stirring. Here are a few more vantage points of the massive signage:
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![merkel hands](http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5229b4d1eab8ea6b3cad5a96-1200-800/rtx138up.jpg)
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