Lothar Matthaus and the West Germany squad with the World Cup and a tearful Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne Photos: Getty Images; design: Eamonn Dalton/The Athletic This is the 14th in a series by The Athletic ...

Michelle Lynn Kahn has received funding from the National Humanities Center, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, American Historical Association, American Jewish Archives, and Alexander von ...

After five weeks of political crisis, the leaders of West Germany’s two major parties decided last week to form a grand coalition for the first time in the republic’s 17-year history. Into the klieg ...

Germany has historically been one of international soccer's top teams. The nation has lifted the trophy four times, but has not done so since 2014, exiting in the group stage at each of the past two ...

Friedrich Merz's first visit to Israel as German chancellor did not last very long, though it drew intense scrutiny. But his trip did reveal the areas where he and Benjamin Netanyahu differ on the ...

Watching on television the first 600 German prisoners returning from the Soviet Union, Hendrik van Dam, Secretary-General of the Jewish Council in Germany, saw a lined, familiar face show up on the ...

England’s ‘wingless wonders’ were almost impregnable on their way to the final. It took until the 82nd minute of their semi-final against Portugal before they conceded a goal – and even that was from ...

Young CDU lawmakers threatened to tank the reform, putting strain on the coalition. A final vote comes Friday. Meanwhile, an AfD councillor has been kicked out of the party for a speech he gave. DW ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...

German business groups expect job cuts in 2026 as economic crisis drags on A majority of German business associations expect job cuts in 2026 as the country's economic crisis persists, with industry ...

The BBC at war saw fundamental changes in programme making practice, live reporting from battle scenes, and was a fundamental source of propaganda news to the free world. Post war a TV news service ...