![Michael Sohn FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to her office manager Beate Baumann, left, prior to a cabinet meeting as part of a two-day retreat of the German government in Meseberg north of Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November, nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at the helm of one of Europe's biggest powers, her publisher said Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2a28aab8428a44c49bc3f92819a33d8c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to her office manager Beate Baumann, left, prior to a cabinet meeting as part of a two-day retreat of the German government in Meseberg north of Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November, nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at the helm of one of Europe's biggest powers, her publisher said Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
![Markus Schreiber FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and her office leader Beate Baumann arrives at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) faction at the Reichstag building in Berlin on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November. She co-wrote the book with her longtime assistant and adviser, Beate Baumann. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c128ec4cc9c94c9bb96426f2275bad22/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and her office leader Beate Baumann arrives at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) faction at the Reichstag building in Berlin on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November. She co-wrote the book with her longtime assistant and adviser, Beate Baumann. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
![Gero Breloer FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to her head of office Beate Baumann, right, as she leaves after a TV talk of the party leaders in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November. She co-wrote the book with her longtime assistant and adviser, Beate Baumann.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f554fcf3cb6846599d32edfe05587c1a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to her head of office Beate Baumann, right, as she leaves after a TV talk of the party leaders in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November. She co-wrote the book with her longtime assistant and adviser, Beate Baumann.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)