The final collapse of East Prussia ended with the slow destruction of Königsberg once a symbol of Prussian power and German history. This episode examines the siege bombardment and surrender that ...

Traveling to Kaliningrad, Russia, the Russian 'island' in the heart of Europe, surrounded by European Union (EU) countries.

A moral panic over a lurid sex scandal becomes culture war fodder for a polarized nation in this nuanced unearthing of a little-remembered episode in 1830s Prussia. Historian Clark (Revolutionary ...

Lufthansa was founded on January 6, 1925. The airline with the distinctive crane has experienced a checkered history in its ...

It’s that time of year again: trees losing leaves as the nights grow longer and chillier, the holidays lying sleepily just around the corner as the seductively-sweet scent of pumpkin spice fills the ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for the ...

The church’s many chambers and crypts hold the story of Britain’s past, present and future By Peter Ross Photographs by Jooney Woodward “It could take you a lifetime, or several lifetimes, to learn ...