Germany, one of the most historically and geographically diverse countries in Europe, is best understood through its maps. From its medieval beginnings to modern-day developments, the country’s ...

Stav Meishar, a scholar working on a book about Jewish circus families under Nazi Germany, told RNS it was likely linked to a history of Jews being excluded from many work opportunities in Europe.

The gestures of remembrance are part of a long, complicated — and sometimes controversial — effort to bring the German dead to rest, 80 years after a war that Nazi Germany started.