Berliners line up to pay their respects at one of the city's Soviet World War II memorials. May 8, 2025. (Dave Braneck/Courthouse News) BERLIN (CN) — The horrifying history of World War II doesn’t ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: None of these alternatives would have guaranteed victory, but they at least would have offered Germany a chance. Whether “victory” would have been worth the cost in ...

To Koreans living far away, the British, French, and Germans may appear as similar Europeans who are passionate about football and enjoy beer and sausages. Of course, the three countries share many ...

Germany has spent decades reckoning with its Nazi history and the Holocaust. But in recent years, far-right extremism and violent plots, especially against Jews, Muslims and immigrants, have been on ...

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

The Big Ideas: What Is History? After moments of great upheaval, scars can last for generations. By Jenny Erpenbeck Jenny Erpenbeck is a writer. This personal reflection is part of a series called The ...