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Who is Friedrich Merz, the man set to be the next German chancellor?
World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, ...
Former German president warns of far right at 80th anniversary of Buchenwald liberation
VIENNA (AP) — Germany marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp on Sunday as ...
Germany Is Falling Apart (Literally). Here’s How the New Government Might Fix It.
Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their ...
Merz Seals Coalition Deal With SPD to Secure German Chancellery
Germany’s conservatives and Social Democrats reached an agreement to form a ruling coalition, paving the way for Friedrich ...
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Irmgard Furchner, convicted in 2022 of complicity in Nazi crimes, dies at 99
Furchner is likely the last person to be convicted of direct complicity in the Holocaust, which ended 80 years ago.
CIA files reveal search for Hitler in South America 10 years after his suicide as Argentina prepares to release classified docs on Nazi fugitives
It is estimated around 10,000 Nazis and other fascist war criminals escaped persecution for their roles in the Holocaust by fleeing to Argentina and other Latin American countries.
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz secures German government coalition after months of political drift
German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...