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EL PAÍS visits Hans Frank’s son on the 80th anniversary of the trials that ended with the death sentence for the so-called ‘Butcher of Poland’ and other Third Reich leaders

Henrik Lenkeit, a pastor and life coach living in the south of the country, discovered a year ago that his grandmother was the mistress of the head of the SS in Hitler’s Germany, a revelation that changed his life

The coalition led by the Christian Democrat Merz faces accusations of opening the door to the international legitimization of the Islamist regime, which Germany and its allies fought for two decades

Spain and France justify enshrining the right to abortion in their Constitutions as a safeguard against a ‘reactionary’ wave that could roll back achievements

In the area of Poland bordering Ukraine and Belarus, with a long history of wars and destruction, the Russian threat is a reality

The incursion of Russian drones represents the most tense episode between Europe and the Kremlin in decades

The rhetoric and concepts in Hitler’s 1925 collection of essays continue to resonate in an increasingly polarized world

A speech by the author of ‘Radical Universalism’ at the Buchenwald camp was cancelled in April due to pressure from the Israeli embassy. Now Boehm reflects on the incident and the conflict in the Middle East

A Bolivian diplomat who translated ‘Mein Kampf’ brought up the Spanish dictator’s origins with the Third Reich. ‘Further inquiries will be made in this direction,’ says a document found by historian Marc Navarro

The grieving process for the possible loss of Washington’s protective power has begun. ‘Our interest is to keep the Americans in Europe,’ says a prominent Christian Democrat

The former GDR, a stronghold of the AfD, and Vienna, where the extremists won in September, avoided taking responsibility for Nazi crimes as West Germany did

The final results spare the CDU from having to negotiate a three-party coalition with the Greens to leave out the far-right AfD, which came in second. The future chancellor says it is paramount to work on Europe’s ‘independence’ from the US

German filmmaker Andres Veiel reexamines the figure of the director of ‘Triumph of the Will’ and ‘Olympia’ through her extensive and valuable private archives

The party, second in the polls ahead of the February elections, closes ranks with its candidate following Musk’s support. It is seeking to square the circle: normalization without deradicalization

The Tesla boss’s support of the far-right AfD in Germany and the insults to the British government, are compounding nervousness on the continent

Thirty-five years after the fall of the German Democratic Republic, a ‘mental wall’ continues to divide the country, including in its literature. EL PAÍS took a trip through Berlin, Jena and Leipzig in search of the great German novel, written today by authors like Jenny Erpenbeck and Clemens Meyer

She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’

Germany’s most influential feminist sees the self-determination of gender as a madness stemming from a capitalist system in which everything can be bought

A talented actor, discreet man of calm spirit, Dillon stars in ‘Haunted Heart,’ the latest from Spanish director Fernando Trueba. The Oscar-nominated star is an example of how character is worth more than the fear of being typecast

The mobilization against Le Pen has given victory to the left in the second round of the legislative elections, followed by Macron’s party. The National Rally, which was the favorite, remains as the third-biggest force

The 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, with very few surviving veterans, takes place at a time when transatlantic unity is in danger

The American intellectual — one of the most influential of our time — returns to their flagship topic with ‘Who’s Afraid of Gender?’, a book in which they accuse anti-trans feminists of forming ‘an unconscious alliance’ with conservative currents, which have turned gender into a cultural battle

The movement on campuses is currently very limited in Europe, where authorities are torn between showing firmness and allowing dialogue

The breakdown in negotiations between Columbia administrators and student representatives has exacerbated a phenomenon sweeping higher education centers in the United States

The French capital is gearing up to prevent terrorist attacks during the Olympic Games with a massive police deployment and exhaustive checks. President Macron also warns of Russian interference

The crisis experienced by once-popular clothing brands such as Kookaï, Naf Naf, Pimkie and Camaïeu is partly due to Covid and inflation, but it also reflects deeper social changes