Germany
The FBI Once Freaked Out About Nazi Monks in the Amazon Rainforest
In October 1941, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover received a strange bit of war intelligence in a classified document
February 01, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
After Nearly 70 Years, How Do Stealth Planes Stay Stealthy?
From the Horten Ho 229 to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, stealth technology has changed a lot
December 13, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
A Pack of Wolves Turned Up in Berlin For the First Time in 100 Years
Naturalists in Berlin celebrate over recent news: farmers spotted a pack of wolves in a village 15 miles south of Berlin, living in deserted former Soviet camp
November 23, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
NASA Uses Interplanetary Internet to Control Robot in Germany
We're not going to say these are the tools of the robot apocalypse. But, they're probably the tools of the robot apocalypse
November 09, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
That Time a German Prince Built an Artificial Volcano
When a 18th century German prince visited Mt. Vesuvius in Naples, he insisted on building a replica of it on his estate back home. 200 years later, a chemistry professor brings it back to life
August 30, 2012 |
By Andrew Curry
World’s Coolest Animal Bridges
Animal bridges, aka ecoducts or wildlife crossings, allow wildlife to safely cross potential death-traps like highways and are are popping up all over the world.
July 23, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Hitler Plotted to Kill Churchill With Exploding Chocolate
Nazis are known for their heinous wartime crimes and tactics. Now, exploding chocolate can be added to that list, as revealed by a 60-year-old letter stamped "Secret."
July 18, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Viking’s Most Powerful City Unearthed in Northern Germany
Archaeologists working in northern Germany may have found one of the most important cities in Viking history—Sliasthorp, where once sat the first Scandanavian kings.
July 06, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Marxism Is Cool Again
In London, starting today, the Socialist Workers' Party will be hosting Marxism 2012, an annual event whose organizers say is growing in popularity with young people. I
July 05, 2012 |
By Sarah Laskow
Germans un-Kampf-ortable With Reissue of Hitler’s Tome
Starting in 2015, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf will once again be available to German readers.
July 05, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
One of the First Maps to Include “America” Found in Old Geometry Book
Tucked away in a geometry book at the Munich University Library, researchers found a 500-year old map of the new world, and one of the first to bear the name America.
July 03, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Berlin, Alive Again
After withstanding world and cold wars, the German city is a thriving metropolis, filled with nightclubs and cultural treats
July 28, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Rick Steves' Europe: Baden-Baden, Germany
The park-like city of Baden-Baden, nestled in the Black Forest, is renowned for its restorative spas and elegant casino
May 2010 |
By Rick Steves
For German Butchers, a Wurst Case Scenario
As Germans turn to American-style supermarkets, the local butcher—a fixture in their sausage-happy culture—is packing it in
January 2010 |
By Andrew D. Blechman
Munich at 850
The livable, culture-crazy, beer-loving capital of Bavaria is coming to terms with its history
November 2008 |
By Charles Michener
Feeling Blue: Expressionist Art on Display in Munich
Visitors catch a glimpse of the groundbreaking, abstract art created by
preeminent 20th century expressionists.
November 01, 2008 |
By Amanda Bensen
Memory Blocks
Artist Gunter Demnig builds a Holocaust memorial one stone at a time
October 11, 2007 |
By Lois Gilman
Beyond the Wall: Berlin
Nearly 17 years after the wall came down, Berliners are still trying to escape its shadow
June 2006 |
By Tom Mueller
Jewish Museum Berlin
Architect Daniel Libeskind's zinc lightning bolt of a building is one of the most revolutionary structures built since the war in Germany or anywhere.
June 01, 2006 |
By Tom Mueller
Dresden's Crowning Glory
Sixty years after it was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing, the reconstructed Baroque Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, once again dominates the historic city's skyline
March 2006 |
By Andrew Curry
