The LA Rams and Kansas City Chiefs’ game in Berlin in the shadow of the Cold War remains one of the strangest and most ...

Equipped with a formidable 90 mm gun, the M36 Jackson became America’s answer to Germany’s heavy tanks. Swift, precise, and ...

This explains the rigid fiscal compact, even if it means a slowdown in the German and European economies and a break with London.14 Only in this way will Berlin allow the ECB to partially and ...

Walking through Weimar, Germany, the legacy of the Holocaust seems inescapable. Stolpersteine — German for “stumbling blocks” ...

Eisenhüttenstadt offered a chance for two prospective residents to live rent-free in furnished apartments on a trial basis — 2,000 people applied from around the world. EISENHÜTTENSTADT, Germany — ...

Depopulated towns in Germany’s ex-communist east have come up with a novel scheme to bring back life: offering people several weeks of super-cheap housing to give would-be residents a taste of the ...

Your device does not support the audio. October 3rd stands as a pivotal date in world history, marked by events that have shaped nations, cultures, and global dynamics. Arguably the most significant ...

The night of 9 November 1989 was undoubtedly one of the most dramatic of the 20th century. The Berlin Wall in Germany – the armed border that had separated citizens of East and West Berlin since 1961 ...

There is still a wide gap between the former East and West Germany, even amongst young people who have only ever lived in a unified country. The new commissioner for eastern Germany attempts to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will mark this German Unity Day in Saarbrücken. Sometimes French, sometimes German, sometimes ...

This is the tenth in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previously, we’ve looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 193 8, Uruguay in 1950, West ...

No major combat incidents occurred in the GDR, but the S-200 system’s presence deterred potential aggressors, aligning with Warsaw Pact exercises and Soviet oversight. East Germany was at the ...