Another tragic anniversary this week: July 20, 1944 in Germany
This date marked an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich. That too should be remembered.
This week in history: Nazis invade Soviet Union 75 years ago
Seventy-five years ago this week, in Operation Barbarossa, German forces suddenly invaded the Soviet Union.
Growth of far right party cause for alarm in Germany
Most alarming, since Germany is the strongest, most central European country, is the strength of its far-right Alternative for Germany.
Who is to blame for Europe’s refugee “problem”?
Europe today, though not dead, is in deep disarray, heart-rendingly for very many and menacingly for the world.
In Germany, too, the right wing scapegoats immigrants
"Shoot them down!" - That's one answer to the problem of refugees and immigrants flooding into Germany, clearer even than any Trump-wall.
Refugee crisis exposes Germany’s political crisis
The German political scene is in turmoil and such turbulence has opened the way to healthy change, but now, in my view, it can lead to great dangers.
In Berlin 250,000 march against unfair trade
It was a day to remember, a date for the record books: It marked a surprising development in German politics!
Germany: predictions after 25 years
After 25 years of unification, annexation, or occupation, the only safe predictions in Germany still seem to be the ones about lunar eclipses.
A world of contradictions
Germany has suffered under a heat wave and damaging drought. Now thunderstorms are predicted. Can any parallels be drawn?
A view of the Greek crisis from Germany
The debt crisis in Greece is only a vehicle to exploit the resources of the Greek nation.
