A union of brothers: A phone call from Germany sets a meeting in motion — and ‘hearts are glad’
On his 62nd birthday, with one extraordinary phone call, Stephen Carpenter’s family doubled in numbers.
Germans must leave home Christmas morning as WWII bomb is defused
More than 54,000 people in the southern German city of Augsburg must leave their homes Christmas morning while authorities defuse a giant 1.8-ton aerial bomb from World War II.
Officials: Germany foils suspected Boston-style attack
German authorities foiled what they believe may have been an imminent Boston Marathon-style attack on a professional cycling race planned for today.
Anti-Islam rally draws big crowd in German city of Dresden
A weekly anti-Islam rally in the eastern German city of Dresden drew its biggest crowd yet on Monday.
Germany kicks out top American spy
Germany on Thursday demanded Washington’s top spy in Berlin leave the country as a new round of allegations of U.S. espionage worsened the friction between the two allies.
N.Y. court says gold tablet belongs to German museum
ALBANY, N.Y. — In a ruling rejecting any claims to the “spoils of war,” New York’s highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet
Germany tries 92-year-old for Nazi war crime
HAGEN, Germany — Germany put a 92-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS on trial Monday on charges that he killed a Dutch resistance
Germany’s top tabloid to introduce paywall
Europe’s top-selling newspaper said Monday it will introduce a paywall for part of its online offerings starting next month.
Germany to bring home gold stored in US
In what sounds like the setup for a stylish Hollywood heist movie, Germany is transferring nearly 700 tons of gold bars worth $36 billion from Paris and New York to its vaults in Frankfurt.
AP Exclusive: Documents raise doubts in Nazi probe
The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on whether he was stationed at the part of the death camp used as a killing machine for Jews.
Facing possible ban German far-right changes tack
At a rally of Germany’s biggest far-right party, skinheads raise fists to nationalist chants and wear T-shirts that skirt the limits of German law: “Enforce National Socialism” reads one; another proclaims the wearer to be “100 percent un-kosher.” Some cover illegal neo-Nazi tattoos with masking tape because police are on the prowl.
Rob Hardy: “Operation Mincemeat”
You may well be aware that in World War II the British played a fine trick on the Germans by letting them find a floating a body bearing bogus secret invasion plans.