Germany

Hamas has made it brutally simple to pick a side – the challenge for our society is seeing it through

A new translation of a novel on the rise of Nazism holds lessons for our current populist age

Too many Germans see support for AfD as an eastern phenomenon but the party’s vote share is growing in the west

The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?

Internment provided the German the perfect conditions to develop the exercise regimes that would make his name famous

European fairy tales arrived on our shores 200 years ago – but the major part played by two London lawyers is all but forgotten

Rising tensions over the Mediterranean migrant crisis threaten to sour the special relationship between Germany and Italy

Local authorities work relentlessly to organise housing, care and schooling. But they are exhausted and so is the system

The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment

Thanks to his Invictus Games, traumatised German soldiers have been brought, rightly, into the limelight

During the second world war, the nobleman negotiated the release of tens of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps

With trust levels down, it’s time for the German media to win people back

Brexiteers are looking at the country’s crisis with glee. But their schadenfreude might just be misplaced

Public opinion is divided over an antisemitic leaflet, which Aiwanger denies authorship of, that emerged from the Bavaria premier’s teenage years

Europe may have pivoted away from Russia's pipeline gas, but it will remain exposed until it reduces its gas demand

Makkabi Berlin have become the first Jewish club to play in Germany's premier cup

Dalí! Hollywood! Rotten eggs! The German electro-rockers pushed more than just musical boundaries

Germany’s somewhat comical migration issue has captured the attention of Europe’s media

The stereotype of hard-working Germans doesn’t hold up under scrutiny – no other country in Europe offers more paid time off

The German artist was an immodest man with little to be modest about

This autumn – after years of political debate – reforms will start to be implemented to make German kids move more

Next year, the quaint town in Saxony-Anhalt will celebrate 30 years of world heritage status. Once you visit, it’s easy to see why

I yearn for the days when the news took a proper summer break and non-news would entertain us

Germany needs to make its pools safer. In the meantime, where’s David Hasselhoff when you need him?

The longest-running German music festival is a treat for all Wagner fans. Tickets, however, can be hard to come by

The AfD’s recent electoral victory is set to cause chaos in the country

Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland party could be on the verge of securing an unprecedented governing post in the Sonneberg district

The lead singer of legendary rock band Rammstein faces accusations of grooming young fans for his pleasure

With his “music that doesn't disturb” the German became one of the biggest-selling recording artists in Europe

Carl Orff’s choral masterwork Carmina Burana was feted by the Nazis. But was he a willing collaborator or a canny survivor?

This week, I swapped motorways for the Rhine. If the EU's plans for licenses materialise, maybe the change will be permanent

The June 1953 uprising by east Germans has become a footnote to history – but not for the few surviving eyewitnesses