For the U.S.’s 250th Birthday, a German Declaration of Independence Goes on Show

The presentation of an original German-language translation in Berlin is an opportunity to consider the shared history of the ...
New Republic

The Lost History of East Germany

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.
The Atlantic

The German Spirit

THE great European war has aroused a natural curiosity to ascertain exactly what is the intimate German temper of mind which in its external national manifestations is now so mightily aroused. What is ...
The Oak Ridger

Rediscovering the "Forgotten Creators" of the German atomic bomb

EDITOR’S NOTE: This “Historically Speaking” column contains the opinions of Dr. Todd H. Rider based upon the research and information contained in his book, “Forgotten Creators: How German-Speaking ...