SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 23, 2012
Hitler's polemic "Mein Kampf" has long been a no-go zone for German publishers. But a Munich historical institute is now publishing the first scholarly edition of the book since World War II. In a SPIEGEL interview, project head Christian Hartmann discusses why it is both controversial and necessary. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 09, 2012
For years, former laborers in Nazi-era ghettos have been fighting to get the pension that German law ostensibly guarantees them. A strict interpretation of that legislation, however, has meant that a vast majority of applications have been rejected. Now, a complaint has been filed with Germany's highest court. By Christoph Schult more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 08, 2012
The German War Graves Commission launched a campaign on Tuesday, the 67th anniversary of the end of World War II, to promote its online database as a way for relatives to trace missing soldiers. Some 40,000 are located and reburied each year across Eastern Europe and Russia -- where its teams still encounter hostility from locals who remember the murderous occupation. By David Crossland more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 02, 2012
Hermann Göring was one of the Nazi party's most powerful figures and an adamant anti-Semite. But his younger brother Albert worked to save the lives of dozens of Jews. Despite his efforts to do good, Albert's family name would ultimately prove to be a curse. By Christoph Gunkel more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 26, 2012
During the early days of the Spanish Civil War, German pilots took part in the savage bombing of the Basque town of Guernica. Seventy-five years later, the horror of this unexpected attack is still fresh in the mind of survivors like Luis Iriondo Aurtenetxea. By Annika Müller more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 24, 2012
Two women suffered serious burns on a German beach over the weekend when they misidentified pieces of World War II phosphorus that had washed ashore as amber. Similar accidents occur each year and experts say the threat posed by rusting war munitions dumped into the Baltic and North Sea is increasing. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 11, 2012
German historian Moritz Pfeiffer asked his granddad what he did in World War II, and then fact-checked the testimony. His findings in a new book shed light on a dying generation that remains outwardly unrepentant, but is increasingly willing to break decades of silence on how, and why, it followed Hitler. By David Crossland more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 10, 2012
Children searching through the woods in an Easter egg hunt in Germany on Monday got more than they bargained for when they came across a ready-to-fire bazooka from World War II, police said. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 09, 2012
A small German firm offers a unique service to the country's construction industry: It uses historical British and American aerial photography from World War II air strikes to determine the location of unexploded bombs. Thousands of tons of bombs still lie in the soil and the duds are becoming more dangerous. By Andrew Curry in Würzburg, Germany more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 02, 2012
Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn, has hired a law firm and PR agency in the United States to prepare for legislation being considered by Congress that would allow Holocaust survivors to sue European railway companies for damages in American courts. Deutsche Bahn fears victims could sue for millions if the legislation passes. more... [ Forum ]
