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 Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said acknowledging Nazi crimes was part of Germany's national identity in a message aimed at far right calls for a shift away from a culture of remembrance. https://www.thelocal.de/20191206/remembering-nazi-crimes-inseparable-from-german-identity-merkel Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:12:46 +0100 remembering-nazi-crimes-inseparable-from-german-identity-merkel Only train tracks and barbed wire separate the former German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau from Oswiecim. https://www.thelocal.de/20191205/we-have-to-live-a-normal-life-here-inside-oswiecim-the-town-in-the-shadow-of-auschwitz Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:10:05 +0100 we-have-to-live-a-normal-life-here-inside-oswiecim-the-town-in-the-shadow-of-auschwitz Angela Merkel will visit the Auschwitz death camp in Poland on Friday for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor, as Germany grapples with a resurgence of anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20191203/merkel-set-to-visit-auschwitz-as-germany-battles-resurgence-of-anti-semitism Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:39:08 +0100 merkel-set-to-visit-auschwitz-as-germany-battles-resurgence-of-anti-semitism A museum slammed US e-commerce giant Amazon for selling Christmas ornaments with images of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, calling them inappropriate. https://www.thelocal.de/20191202/auschwitz-museum-slams-amazon-over-disturbing-and-disrespectful-concentration-camp-christmas-ornaments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:22:35 +0100 auschwitz-museum-slams-amazon-over-disturbing-and-disrespectful-concentration-camp-christmas-ornaments German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau next Friday, her spokeswoman said, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations for the liberation of the Nazi death camp. https://www.thelocal.de/20191129/merkel-to-pay-first-visit-to-auschwitz Fri, 29 Nov 2019 13:39:19 +0100 merkel-to-pay-first-visit-to-auschwitz A German court Monday suspended the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke for aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz after the 95-year-old defendant failed to attend over health problems. https://www.thelocal.de/20160229/auschwitz-medic-trial-delayed-over-defendants-ill-health Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:11:15 +0100 auschwitz-medic-trial-delayed-over-defendants-ill-health The head of the German central bank on Thursday described the decision by the EU Commission to grant France a two-year delay to reach its budget targets as problematic. https://www.thelocal.de/20150312/eurozone-bundesbank-budget-rules-france-shouldnt-get-easy-ride-bundesbank Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:59:00 +0100 eurozone-bundesbank-budget-rules-france-shouldnt-get-easy-ride-bundesbank An iron gate with the infamous sign "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") at the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau in Bavaria has been stolen, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141103/thieves-steal-dachau-death-camp-gate Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:19:00 +0100 thieves-steal-dachau-death-camp-gate The head of Nazi Germany's secret police, Heinrich Müller, was buried in a Jewish cemetery, it emerged on Thursday. He was buried in a mass grave in central Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20131031/nazi-secret-police-chief-buried-in-mass-jewish-grave Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:16:00 +0100 nazi-secret-police-chief-buried-in-mass-jewish-grave A German ban of an animal cruelty campaign which set images of abused animals next to photographs of people in Holocaust death camps, has been upheld unanimously by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). https://www.thelocal.de/20121108/46059 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:43:00 +0100 46059 Reiner Haseloff, the conservative state premier of Saxony-Anhalt, is facing fierce criticism after allegedly comparing forcing German police to wear name tags to how Jews had to display the Star of David under the Nazis. https://www.thelocal.de/20110726/36535 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:30:00 +0200 36535 German and American intelligence services knew where Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was hiding eight years before Israeli agents apprehended him, according to documents released this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20110108/32289 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:47:00 +0100 32289 On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the end to World War II in Europe, Berlin this Friday opens a sombre new museum documenting the heart of the Nazis' terror regime. https://www.thelocal.de/20100506/27027 Thu, 06 May 2010 20:07:00 +0200 27027 Parents and children in the southwest German city of Trier are taking part in a “Christmas Academy” to perfect their skills at singing carols, reading aloud and making a good impression at the yuletide feast. https://www.thelocal.de/20091216/23973 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:59:00 +0100 23973