On 7 November 1968, the political activist Beate Klarsfeld entered the stage of a CDU party convention in Berlin, slapped the West German chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger in the face and cried 'Nazi, Nazi'. During the Third Reich, Kiesinger had worked in one of the propaganda departments of ...
"More than 50 years after the end of World War II, we are making a long-awaited humanitarian gesture to all former Nazi forced labourers," said German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The DM10bn ($5bn) fund, financed equally by the German government and industry, will provide compensation fo...
Should Chancellor Scholz or the next German leader choose to reawaken the full potential of Germany as a military and foreign policy power, Dresden will be waiting with its own combination of myths and insights. Dresden shows that nothing is infinite and guaranteed to stand the test of time, ...
"More than 50 years after the end of World War II, we are making a long-awaited humanitarian gesture to all former Nazi forced labourers," said German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The DM10bn ($5bn) fund, financed equally by the German government and industry, will provide compensation for...
For instance, would Germany have fared better in World War II if Hitler hadn’t invaded the Soviet Union? Would there have been a better way to handle Cuba and Fidel Castro? Some of these questions are pondered and answered. It’s a fascinating travel log through history and what might ...
It's going to rescue COVAX from its pretty dire predicament right now Stephen Morrison The World Bank extended a $12 billion line of credit for developing countries to build out vaccine distribution infrastructure, but governments have drawn down only about $3 billion. ...
Imagine how it’d feel to see a statue of Hitler, and, if you objected, be told that he was the democratically elected Chancellor of Germany, that Austria voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Anschluss, and that removing it would be an Orwellian rewriting of history. This whole issue is ...
Russia’s coronavirus fatalities grew by 110 in the past 24 hours compared to 117 deaths reported the day before, a total of 16,099 patients have died so far. Fatalities make up 1.71% of the total number of infected people in Russia. ...
At his Autumn Statement in late November, British chancellor Jeremy Hunt set himself three priorities: “stability, growth and public services”. With public services looking increasingly creaky and the economy slipping into recession, he appears on course to fail on the second and third targets but...
Berlusconi's insult, telling Martin Schulz he would be a perfect candidate for a Nazi character in a film, drew rebukes across Europe. But in Germany the outburst caused more shock and sorrow than anger or indignation. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder first demanded an apology and then, after a...