Holocaust survivors on Sunday urged the world to keep their memories alive as Germany marked 80 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp.
Far-right political parties have gathered support in Germany and elsewhere, leading some to speculate that the country could repeat the darkest part of its contemporary history. The Local asked a historian about how real the threat is.
Germany has been home to a large Catholic community for centuries, which has seen some dramatic shifts through history and in recent years. How large and influential is the church in Germany today?
What began in the 1960s as a call for nuclear disarmament has since become a time-honoured Easter tradition in Germany. Though interest has ebbed and flowed over the years, the marches always swell in times of political crisis.
The envoys of Russia and Belarus will not be invited to an official event in the German parliament to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany made it out alive.
Connecting Holocaust survivors with lost relatives and with their loved ones' belongings, the Arolsen Archives in central Germany is keeping memories of victims of the Nazi regime alive.
With the far right on the rise again 80 years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald, German drama student Kaethe Lange feels a special responsibility.
Photographer Franziska Stuenkel likes to take spontaneous urban shots, so she needs a nimble camera that is ready to go when inspiration strikes: her German-made Leica M11.
A former member of Germany's far-left Baader-Meinhof gang, who was arrested last year after more than 30 years on the run, went on trial on Tuesday for a series of armed robberies.
As the world remembers Auschwitz, the German far right has pushed back against the country's tradition of Holocaust remembrance, now with backing from US tech billionaire Elon Musk.
After Auschwitz survivor Albrecht Weinberg left his German hometown of Leer behind, it took him more than 60 years to settle in the country of his birth again.
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th, we look at how the world gradually discovered the horror of the concentration and extermination camps set up by Nazi Germany across Europe.
After Elon Musk was accused of giving a fascist salute at an event celebrating the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, we look at the rules around the gesture in Germany.
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, members of the last generation of Nazi concentration camp survivors are speaking out to share their stories and fears about the future.
As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification, seen by millions every time they cross a street.
Following criticism of the Bauhaus art movement by the AfD, the party has been accused of following in the footsteps of the Nazis. But why is a modern design movement riling up far-right politicians?
Speaking on Unity Day, politicians have called for more recognition for East German experiences and the fight against discrimination as a poll shows that the majority of Germans don't believe the country is genuinely reunified.
A historian running the memorial at Germany's former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald is no stranger to hate crime and threats, but he fears more trouble ahead after the far-right AfD's election triumph.
The Neuschwanstein Castle or the Victory Column are internationally known, but what about Germany's lesser known monuments? Ahead of 'Open Monuments Day', here's a selection you need to visit.
A 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary on Tuesday lost her appeal against her conviction for complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people, in what could be the last judgement of its kind in Germany.
After a video clip of people chanting Nazi slogans on the German island of Sylt went viral, many are waiting to see what consequences the perpetrators will face. The Local takes a look at how German law handles cases of hate speech.
