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German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at age 103
Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi ...
Recent Nazi deaths not the end, German court still searching for ‘accessories’ to WWII mass murder
A special court in Germany is still going after Nazi criminals more than 80 years after the end of the Second World War ...
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A filmmaker in Nazi Germany strikes a deal with the devil in 'The Director'
When do compromises turn into full-blown capitulation? Daniel Kehlmann's new novel draws on the true story of German film ...
Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...
Merz stresses European unity and defense during his first trip as German chancellor
Friedrich Merz has made his world-affairs debut as Germany’s new chancellor. Merz plans to immediately team up with allies ...
A Tricky Challenge for Germany’s New Government: a Far-Right Opposition
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...
80 years after World War II, Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers
Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and ...
German lawmakers vote whether to approve Mertz as chancellor. Here’s what to know
German lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country’s 10th ...