https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed No-one on board the Hindenburg for its first flight on March 4th, 1936 could have imagined the tragedy that would befall the airship just a year after that maiden voyage. https://www.thelocal.de/20200304/hindenburg-takes-first-flight-on-march-4-1936 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:19:14 +0100 hindenburg-takes-first-flight-on-march-4-1936 German police said they were investigating after a man dressed as Adolf Hitler rode around a weekend festival in a motorbike sidecar, although he provoked more amusement than outrage. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-police-probe-motorcycling-hitler Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:25:11 +0100 german-police-probe-motorcycling-hitler A Lebanese businessman has decided to donate Adolf Hitler's top hat and other objects linked to the Nazi leader to an Israeli foundation in order to keep the items out of the hands of neo-fascists. https://www.thelocal.de/20191125/lebanese-businessman-to-give-hitler-hat-to-israeli-foundation Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:19:43 +0100 lebanese-businessman-to-give-hitler-hat-to-israeli-foundation An auction of Nazi memorabilia, including Adolf Hitler's top hat, raked in hundreds of thousands of euros in Munich Wednesday amid German and international protest. https://www.thelocal.de/20191121/hitler-memorabilia-auction-rakes-in-thousands-despite-protests Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:29:20 +0100 hitler-memorabilia-auction-rakes-in-thousands-despite-protests Adolf Hitler's top hat, Eva Braun's dresses and a silver-covered edition of "Mein Kampf" are among the items being put up for sale by a German auction house, prompting protests from Jewish leaders. https://www.thelocal.de/20191114/hitler-memorabilia-auction-in-munich-sparks-protest Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:22:28 +0100 hitler-memorabilia-auction-in-munich-sparks-protest Investigations were underway Wednesday into a shop in the Czech capital that sold rubber face masks of Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20191106/uproar-over-hitler-masks-on-sale-in-prague Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:17:28 +0100 uproar-over-hitler-masks-on-sale-in-prague Germany paid tribute Saturday to Claus von Stauffenberg and others who sought to assassinate Adolf Hitler 75 years ago, a plot that was recognised only belatedly but which a resurgent far-right is now seeking to expropriate. https://www.thelocal.de/20190720/germany-remembers-heroes-in-hitler-assassination-bid Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:14:47 +0200 germany-remembers-heroes-in-hitler-assassination-bid Published on July 18th, 1925, Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' has been described as unreadable but also one of the most powerful and dangerous books of all time. What sparked its publication? https://www.thelocal.de/20190718/today-in-history-how-did-germanys-most-dangerous-book-come-into-existence Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:16:46 +0200 today-in-history-how-did-germanys-most-dangerous-book-come-into-existence Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who gave a masterful performance as Adolf Hitler in "Downfall", has died aged 77, his agent said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190216/actor-who-played-adolf-hitler-in-downfall-dies-aged-77 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:15:42 +0100 actor-who-played-adolf-hitler-in-downfall-dies-aged-77 Five paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler failed to find buyers at an auction Saturday held amid anger at the sale of Nazi memorabilia. https://www.thelocal.de/20190210/five-hitler-paintings-find-no-buyers-at-controversial-auction Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:47:14 +0100 five-hitler-paintings-find-no-buyers-at-controversial-auction Five paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler will be auctioned off on Saturday in the German city of Nuremberg, sparking anger that the Nazi memorabilia market is alive and well. https://www.thelocal.de/20190209/five-hitler-paintings-to-be-auctioned-in-nuremberg Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:37:59 +0100 five-hitler-paintings-to-be-auctioned-in-nuremberg A German auction house on Thursday scrapped the planned sale of 26 artworks attributed to Adolf Hitler, after doubts emerged about their authenticity just days before they were due to go under the hammer. https://www.thelocal.de/20190207/hitler-artwork-pulled-by-german-auction-house-over-forgery-fears Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:27:20 +0100 hitler-artwork-pulled-by-german-auction-house-over-forgery-fears Around 30 paintings and drawings signed "A. Hitler" and presumed to be the work of the Nazi dictator are due to go under the hammer at a Nuremberg auction house on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190206/hitler-paintings-to-be-auctioned-in-bavaria Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:09:35 +0100 hitler-paintings-to-be-auctioned-in-bavaria German police seized three watercolours presented as works of Adolf Hitler before they were due for auction Thursday in Berlin, claiming they could be fakes. https://www.thelocal.de/20190125/german-police-seize-fake-hitler-watercolours Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:42:00 +0100 german-police-seize-fake-hitler-watercolours Library and Archives Canada announced Wednesday it had acquired a rare 1944 book that once belonged to Adolf Hitler. https://www.thelocal.de/20190124/canada-acquires-rare-book-previously-owned-by-hitler Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:46:55 +0100 canada-acquires-rare-book-previously-owned-by-hitler The exhibition “Hotel Silber”, which examines the history of Württemberg’s Political Police and its metamorphosis into the Gestapo has opened in the former Hotel Silber building in the centre of Stuttgart https://www.thelocal.de/20190113/how-stuttgarts-hotel-silber-gave-rise-to-the-gestapo Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:48:44 +0100 how-stuttgarts-hotel-silber-gave-rise-to-the-gestapo A senior official at Germany's defence ministry has sparked an uproar with a tweet commemorating the death of Erwin Rommel, a favourite general of Adolf Hitler who was later involved in a plot to kill the Führer. https://www.thelocal.de/20181017/outcry-in-germany-over-homage-to-rommel Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:16:47 +0200 outcry-in-germany-over-homage-to-rommel An Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician could be expelled from the party after old photos of her posing in front of wine bottles with a Hitler label emerged. https://www.thelocal.de/20181017/afd-politican-faces-party-expulsion-over-hitler-wine-bottle-photos Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:08:45 +0200 afd-politican-faces-party-expulsion-over-hitler-wine-bottle-photos German historians on Wednesday accused far-right leader Alexander Gauland of paraphrasing Adolf Hitler in a newspaper column taking aim at a "globalized class" that he claimed threatens all that is good in his "homeland". https://www.thelocal.de/20181010/german-historians-accuse-afd-chief-of-echoing-hitler Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:13:34 +0200 german-historians-accuse-afd-chief-of-echoing-hitler A Berlin museum on Monday said it had formally restituted a 15th century religious wooden sculpture to the heirs of former owners, a Jewish couple who fled the Nazi regime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/berlin-museum-returns-nazi-looted-treasure Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:02:16 +0200 berlin-museum-returns-nazi-looted-treasure