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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179124-03-000131.txt : 20030908
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179124-03-000131
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030904
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030908

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHMULTS EDWARD C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001236355

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04632
		FILM NUMBER:		03886938

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O PAMELA USSERY, DEUTSCHE BANK
		STREET 2:		345 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERMANY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791718
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133354384
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		280 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2124541694

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		280 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
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        <issuerName>GERMANY FUND INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>SCHMULTS EDWARD C</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10154</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By Pamela Ussery, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-09-08</signatureDate>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P>Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Patricia Fiore and Pamela Ussery, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P>1.&#9;execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a Director of The Germany Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc., or The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (the &quot;Companies&quot;) Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (a &quot;Form&quot;);</P>

<P>2.&#9;do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>

<P>3.&#9;take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>

<P>The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P>This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Companies, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2003.</P>

<P>&nbsp;</P>
<B><P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Signature:  <U>Edward C. Schmults</P></B></U></BODY>
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