Germany’s infamous symbol of division, the Berlin Wall, split West Berlin — an isolated enclave of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) — from East Berlin, in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) for... Read more »
The world of social media is flashy and fast-paced: those who stand out rise to the top with their ballrooms, space rockets, and chainsaws, dominating the headlines. The researchers for Germany’s “Mitte... Read more »
The world of social media is flashy and fast-paced: those who stand out rise to the top with their ballrooms, space rockets, and chainsaws, dominating the headlines. The researchers for Germany’s “Mitte... Read more »
When officials from the Verfassungsschutz (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, report on threats to internal security in Germany, they almost always refer to politically and religiously motivated extremism. But since Russia invaded... Read more »
A statement on migration and public safety by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been polarizing Germany for weeks. In mid-October, Merz said that the federal government is correcting previous failures in migration policy... Read more »
Members of the far-right terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU) murdered 10 people, carried out bombings and robbed banks in several German states between 2000 and 2007. In 2018, Beate Zschäpe, the sole... Read more »
“Nuremberg” is what used to be called an Oscar movie. Or, less charitably, “Oscar bait”: The new film from director James Vanderbilt, which opens Friday, takes a subject of immense historical weight, the... Read more »
In March 1938, paramilitary groups in leather boots and brown uniforms marched through the streets of Vienna. Part of Adolf Hitler’s Sturmabteilung (SA), they were celebrating Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria. As... Read more »
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A rift has opened at the top of Germany’s government over Syria. After visiting a war-ravaged suburb of Damascus, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul declared that Syrian refugees cannot safely return home. “Hardly... Read more »