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

Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

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 ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. “Germany is back,” says Friedrich Merz, the country’s likely next ...

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