SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 17, 2013
For decades, Joseph Beuys has been exalted as a heroic icon of postwar avant-garde German art. But a new biography accuses him of having been a serial liar who never completely emancipated himself from the views of Nazism and a bizarre cult. By Ulrike Knöfel more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 26, 2013
He was known far beyond Germany's borders for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick on television. On Friday, information emerged suggesting actor Horst Tappert served as a member of the notorious Waffen-SS and hid the fact for years. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 19, 2013
Poland commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising on Friday, marking the day by bestowing honors on survivors and opening a new Jewish history museum. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 18, 2013
Nearly 80 years ago, Nazi supporters burned German author Erich Kästner's work as smut. Unlike other condemned writers, he showed up to watch, and refused to leave the country during WWII. But he paid a price for this, ultimately giving in to self-censorship from which he never truly recovered. By Georg Diez more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 17, 2013
Her aunt was executed by the Nazis, her uncle was a far-right political leader and her father told her stories of nighttime battles on the Eastern Front. SPIEGEL's Marianne Wellershoff traces her family's complicated place in World War II history. By Marianne Wellershoff more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 12, 2013
Last October, German prosecutors shelved an investigation of former SS soldiers suspected of participating in a 1944 massacre in Italy. A new report blasts investigators for ignoring potentially important clues -- and might prompt authorities to reopen the case. By Felix Bohr more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 10, 2013
The Polish media is angry over the portrayal of the country's World War II resistance fighters in a popular miniseries that aired recently in Germany. So angry, in fact, that a Polish weekly has put an image of Chancellor Merkel as a concentration camp prisoner on its cover and accused Germany of rewriting history. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 08, 2013
A top-secret report compiled at the behest of the Finance Ministry in Athens has come to the conclusion that Germany owes Greece billions in World War II reparations. The total could be enough to solve the country's debt problems, but the Greek government is wary of picking a fight with its paymaster. By Georgios Christidis in Thessaloniki more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 02, 2013
Each meal could have been her last, but Adolf Hitler's food taster Margot Wölk lived to tell her story. Forced to test the Nazi leader's meals for more than two years, the 95-year-old tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that she lived in constant fear. By Fabienne Hurst more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 29, 2013
Heinz Otto Fausten, a German soldier who fought in World War II, saw things no one should ever have to see. After that, the high school teacher just concentrated on the future. But then his son started asking questions to find out whether he was a murderer. By Jürgen Dahlkamp more... [ Forum ]
