Head of German federal labour office Weise arrives for a news conference in Nuremberg.
Head of German federal labour office Frank Juergen Weise arrives for a news conference in Nuremberg February 2, 2005. German unemployment rose in January to the highest recorded level since 1933 as government labour market reforms and seasonal effects added more than half a million people to jobless rosters. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler AX/JOH