Wünsdorf, a town nicknamed ‘Little Moscow’ during the Cold War because of its gigantic Soviet base, reflects the strong opposition in the former GDR to rearmament policies and support for Ukraine
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 AfD leader maintains a discourse that contradicts her personal life but is allowing her to gain ground among a German electorate concerned about immigration
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 inauguration speech of the new U.S. president has already provided a colossal shock, a stress test for American democracy and the international liberal order
Vienna-based Muschicraft has set out to create the world’s first feminist beer
EL PAÍS visits Berlin’s Lovehoney, a leading company in an industry whose pandemic-era surge shows no signs of letting up
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
Perhaps we’re more sensitive to the suffering of others, but that’s hardly due to us being better people — and doesn’t give us the right to arrogantly judge the past
German consumers will pay almost €400 per megawatt hour on Thursday, the highest figure since the end of 2022
Around 4,700 people are waiting an average of 285 days in the Tegel shelters for a place to stay. ‘I came here to work. I didn’t think I would be stuck here,’ says a Ukrainian
In a new book, Chilean researcher Cristóbal Marín describes the exploitation and colonization suffered by the Fuegian ethnic groups, both inside and outside their territory
In his new book, the British historian profiles 24 of the Third Reich’s criminals, bursting the cliché of pathological monstrosity
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
Prices have risen by 54% in the United States, 32% in China and nearly 15% in the European Union between 2015 and 2024. Though policies have been implemented to increase supply and regulate rentals, their impact has been limited and the problem is getting worse
An exhibition in Berlin pays tribute to the small acts of resistance by anonymous individuals of various social classes and ideologies who risked their lives to confront National Socialism
Investigators also point to two other Ukrainians as being part of a team of divers who placed explosives on the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany
Yuval Abraham, who has received death threats in his country, and Basel Adra presented ‘No Other Land’ at the Atlántida festival in Mallorca after it was awarded a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. ‘It’s very hard for us to be screening the film in Spain while the nightmare and attacks continue in Gaza’
An exhibition commemorates the demolition of the former parliament building in the German capital in 2008, an example of the persistent erasure of traces of socialism in the city
Spyridon Louis, a humble water carrier without any athletics training, was the first great hero of the Olympic Games when, at the last minute and against all odds, he brought victory to Athens in 1896
Major sporting events, such as the 1936 Games, served the Reich as loudspeakers for National Socialism, as documented by an exhibition on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
In a new book, retired general Richard Dannatt and expert archivist Allen Packwood analyze the Normandy landings on the 80th anniversary, from the perspective of the prime minister’s contribution to the ‘Longest Day’
After coming up short in an international educational assessment, the country will invest in books and 4,000 schools for students facing challenges. While 71% of young people were in the middle class in the 1980s and 1990s, today, only 61% of millennials make the cut
An exhibition in Berlin debates what would have happened if German history had taken alternative paths and the allies had not unexpectedly captured the Remagen bridge intact, potentially extending World War II by months
Olaf Scholz visited Egypt on Wednesday and met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the Israel-Hamas war
The people on board were Syrian and Turkish citizens. A police patrol tried to stop it, but the driver, a 24-year-old stateless man resident in Austria, didn’t react and accelerated to 180 kph (112 mph)
The female was allegedly sighted overnight on the southern outskirts of the city, chasing a wild boar
