For decades, Germany has stood squarely in Israel’s corner, its dark history of Jewish persecution shaping its modern-day ...

Instead, Germany’s first democratic society only emerged for a short time – between the years 1919 and 1933. In other words, East-Germans who were living under a Stalinist regime between 1945 ...

In 1731, the first Chinese merchant ship arrived in Hamburg. By the 19th century, Chinese seafarers had begun settling in the ...

It may lack half-timbered and lederhosen charm, but Leipzig’s fascinating history earns it a place on your European bucket ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. The word “unprecedented” may get near-inflationary use in political ...