Germany

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A bumpy ride down East Germany’s memory lane
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Benin Bronzes on exhibit at the British Museum.
Arts
Germany plans to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Will other countries follow suit?
Recyo
Environment
What Munich’s coffee houses learned about waste from beer culture
Firefighters blast water in Berlin in mid-August, providing relief from the heat. This is among the few ways to cool off in a city with little air conditioning.
It’s so hot in Berlin that people are cooling down in an old WWII bunker
People from different faiths wear kippas as they attend a demonstration on April 25th in front of a Jewish synagogue, to denounce an anti-Semitic attack on a young man wearing a kippa in Berlin earlier in the month.
Conflict
In Germany, there are growing fears of a rise in anti-Semitism
Arts, Culture & Media
Myth and Music
Arts, Culture & Media
Alpendub
Arts, Culture & Media
Alpendub
Arts, Culture & Media
Alpendub
Women hold bags and signs that read: "Same pay for same work" at a rally for equal pay in Berlin, Germany, 2015.
Jobs
Women in Germany’s east earn close to what men do. Can we thank socialism for that?
A supporter of the anti-Muslim group PEGIDA in Dresden, Germany.
Global Politics
One simple word defines Germans, but Germans don’t agree on what it means
Meeting of the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017.
Global Politics
No, Trump isn’t isolating America, says popular conservative blogger
Donald Trump talks to members of the press after the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, September 16, 2015.
Election 2016
What it’s like to cover Trump for a German audience
Brexit beer
Virtual beer and Brexit chat with European friends
Full Episode
Frank Hessenland left Germany's Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party when he realized how far to the right it had moved. But the party continued to haunt him.
Global Politics
This reporter joined a new political party. But he left in horror when it turned ‘almost neo-Nazi.’
Deportation stamps used by the German federal police "Bundespolizei" to stamp ID documents of rejected asylum seekers, in Rosenheim, southern Germany.
Global Politics
In Germany, mass deportation is a touchy subject
Milad Khawam performing in Berlin as part of his new music project, "Exilistan."
Music
A Syrian trumpet player in Berlin has a new project called ‘Exilistan’
New editions of 'Mein Kampf' raise questions
Books
Hitler’s a bestselling author in Germany again. Why?
Mandy Seidler helped create "Welcome Dinner Berlin", a project to bring together Berliners and newly arrived refugees.
Global Politics
What’s behind Germany’s welcome spirit for refugees? And how long will it last?
Newly arrived migrants are cleared by German police officers after crossing the Austrian-German border from Achleiten, Austria, into the city of Passau, Germany on October 29, 2015.
Conflict
On the front lines of the refugee crisis, Germany’s police wonder when this ends
World War II veterans walk to a wreath laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on Veteran's Day to pay tribute to the more than 16 million men and women who served with U.S. armed forces during World War II.
Culture
A new book that debunks myths of World War II
Syrian Refugees
Understanding Europe’s Refugee Crisis: An International Town Hall
Full Episode
Temporary workers start to prepare the castle's haunted house about a month before Halloween. The haunted house was started by US military personnel almost 40 years ago.
Culture
There was a real Frankenstein castle. Yes, they dress it up for Halloween
Water, food, and a welcome sign greeted refugees who reached Frankfurt, Germany
Global Politics
Germany’s track record taking in outsiders makes its refugee policy even more inspiring
Photo of an Afghan refugee family leaving the Keleti train station.
Conflict
Jillian C. York: My recommendations to help refugees
Gottscheer descendants attend a festival in New York
Culture
Each year in New York, Gottscheers celebrate the culture of a city that no longer exists
A euro symbol alongside a Greek flag
Global Politics
As economic crisis continues, Greeks and Germans agree: There’s no telling what comes next
Participants take part in a demonstration called by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West", in Dresden January 5, 2015.
Belief
Never mind the cross, Germany’s ‘anti-Islamization’ movement isn’t really Christian
The Topography of Terror museum sits on the former site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters.
Conflict & Justice
Gay victims of the Nazis are still kept in the closet
The Topography of Terror museum sits on the former site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters.
Conflict & Justice
Gay victims of the Nazis are still kept in the closet
The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919 painted by William Orpen.
Conflict & Justice
How wars end part III: World War I
Eric Jarosinski, the University of Pennsylvania professor behind Nein Quarterly
Arts, Culture & Media
Germans on Twitter say ‘ja!’ to Nein Quarterly