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New Excavation Will Examine Germany’s Legendary “Founding Battle”
The dig hopes to find conclusive evidence that Kalkriese is the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
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How Germans Turned Trains Into Massive Artillery in WWII
Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate
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Bismarck Tried to End Socialism’s Grip—By Offering Government Healthcare
The 1883 law was the first of its kind to institute mandatory, government-monitored health insurance
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WWII Enigma Machine Found at Flea Market Sells for $51,000
The legendary coding machine was first unearthed by a mathematician with a careful eye who purchased it for roughly $114
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Trace Martin Luther’s Footsteps Through Germany
It’s 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation—here’s what you can still see today
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Where the Myth of JFK’s ‘Jelly Donut’ Mistake Came From
The misinterpretation didn’t arise until years after his death
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Germany Moves Forward with Controversial Monument to Reunification
The German Memorial to Freedom and Unity has a fraught history
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German Scientists Will Study Brain Samples of Nazi Victims
A research society is still coming to grips with its past—and learning more about how the Third Reich targeted people with disabilities
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This Luxury Hotel in London Was Once a Secret Spy Base
St. Ermin’s Hotel has sat at the middle of British secret intelligence since the 1930s
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Two New Exhibitions Celebrate a Long-Lost Painting
The “Tower of the Blue Horses” is gone, but not forgotten
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12 Mesmerizing Places to Watch Flowers Bloom
Because there’s no better way exalt the end of winter than with millions of tulips, poppies and roses
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Stolen ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Gate Returns to Dachau
The identity of the thieves remains a mystery
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The Secret Student Group That Stood Up to the Nazis
The White Rose was short-lived, but its words were hard to ignore
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Germany’s Controversial New Version of ‘Mein Kampf’ Is Now a Bestseller
Once kept under lock and key, the book is now available in a critical edition
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How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler
Reports on the rise of fascism in Europe were not the American media’s finest hour
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The First Moments of Hitler’s Final Solution
When Hitler solidified his plan to exterminate Jews – and why it matters 75 years later
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See the Cold War-Era Trains Berlin Is Bringing Back Into Service
The “Dora” is returning to the tracks of the U-Bahn
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An Artist Is Building a Parthenon of Banned Books
More than 100,000 books will become a monument to intellectual freedom in Germany next year
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Beneath This Medieval German Town Lie Over 25 Miles of Forgotten Tunnels
Go beneath the surface of Oppenheim
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