After the Franco-Prussian war the German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, declined to expand territorially in Europe, instead seeking to contain conflict. The German Empire, formed in 1871, was now the ...

A few weeks ago, the name Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was still displayed in gold letters above the door of a room at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 ...

Hamburg held a competition to re-imagine its monument to Otto Von Bismarck. Its failure reveals the struggle facing decolonial movements in Europe. Otto Von Bismarck towers over the city of Hamburg.