Germany’s decision to facilitate Lenin’s return to Russia was one of the most consequential acts of political interference in ...

IN THE fall of 1946 an American commission consisting of government officials, educators, and scientists toured Germany. (I have a particularly vivid memory of the striking personality of Reinhold ...

The new permanent exhibition at the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn brings 80 years of German history to life, including the post ...

Key Point: Despite ambitions of becoming a global colonial empire, Germany was still a Continental power in 1914. If it won the war, it would be through the immense power of its army, not its navy.

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the Jan. 27, 1945, liberation of Auschwitz — a key part of a series of watershed World War II anniversaries this year — all eyes will be on Germany. Angela ...

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.

As a German studies major, you immerse yourself in all aspects of German history, culture, philosophy, politics, and language. Because the department is small, you work closely with your professors ...