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 Diversity, politics and revelations from the Nazi era will dominate the agenda when the Berlin film festival launches its 70th edition in the heart of the German capital this Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200218/berlinale-diversity-and-nazi-past-in-spotlight-at-70th-berlin-film-festival Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:33:13 +0100 berlinale-diversity-and-nazi-past-in-spotlight-at-70th-berlin-film-festival The grave of a top Nazi who helped organize the Holocaust and was assassinated by British-trained agents during World War II has been dug up in Berlin, German police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191216/grave-of-nazi-who-helped-plan-the-holocaust-dug-up-in-berlin Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:33:29 +0100 grave-of-nazi-who-helped-plan-the-holocaust-dug-up-in-berlin The owner of a kebab shop targeted in a deadly far-right attack in the German city of Halle last month has gifted the eatery to the two brothers who were working there during the shooting. https://www.thelocal.de/20191117/after-deadly-nazi-shooting-owner-gifts-kebab-shop-to-survivors Sun, 17 Nov 2019 14:06:39 +0100 after-deadly-nazi-shooting-owner-gifts-kebab-shop-to-survivors The eastern German city of Dresden has declared it is facing an official ‘Nazi emergency’, amid rising violence and far-right sentiment. https://www.thelocal.de/20191102/calling-for-federal-support-and-funding-dresden-declares-nazi-emergency Sat, 02 Nov 2019 15:30:23 +0100 calling-for-federal-support-and-funding-dresden-declares-nazi-emergency An Austrian court has ruled that a German tourist who took exception to a World War II portrait in an Austrian guesthouse had no right to complain about it on travel sites. https://www.thelocal.de/20190907/tourist-told-to-pull-nazi-grandpa-comments-in-austria Sat, 07 Sep 2019 11:21:05 +0200 tourist-told-to-pull-nazi-grandpa-comments-in-austria Former Dutch queen Wilhelmina tried to broker a deal through the Vatican to help senior Nazis flee Europe in exchange for the release of Belgium's King Leopold III, according to a report released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190501/dutch-queen-sought-deal-to-help-top-nazis-flee-europe-report Wed, 01 May 2019 11:59:01 +0200 dutch-queen-sought-deal-to-help-top-nazis-flee-europe-report Prosecutors in the central German state of Thuringia are deliberating on whether to bring charges against several churches in the region that continue to use bells inscribed with Nazi insignia. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/authorities-weigh-criminal-charges-on-german-churches-still-ringing-nazi-bells Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:39:03 +0100 authorities-weigh-criminal-charges-on-german-churches-still-ringing-nazi-bells 94-year-old Mosche Samter has brought his childhood memories of Germany before the Nazi seizure of power to life in hundreds of hand-crafted miniature models. https://www.thelocal.de/20180717/94-year-old-israeli-recreates-his-german-childhood-in-miniature Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:05:23 +0200 94-year-old-israeli-recreates-his-german-childhood-in-miniature Toys and models manufacturer Revell based in North Rhine-Westphalia has announced that one of their products, an aircraft described as a war machine during the Nazi period, will no longer be produced. https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:12:05 +0200 toy-nazi-ufo-taken-off-market-after-criticism After a German court fined her 6,000 euros ($7,400) for spelling out on her practice's website that she performs abortions, gynaecologist Kristina Hänel vowed that "it can't go on like this". https://www.thelocal.de/20180330/the-doctors-battling-germanys-nazi-era-abortion-law Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:17:19 +0200 the-doctors-battling-germanys-nazi-era-abortion-law It is widely known that the Berlin Wall came down on November 9th, 1989. But the "Day of Fate" is a date on which several momentous events in German history have happened. https://www.thelocal.de/20161109/schicksalstag-the-strange-significance-of-november-9-in-german-history-berlin-wall-kristallnacht Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:07:55 +0100 schicksalstag-the-strange-significance-of-november-9-in-german-history-berlin-wall-kristallnacht An inebriated American tourist was beaten up in the German city of Dresden after he repeatedly raised his arm to give the Nazi salute, police said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170814/american-tourist-beaten-up-in-dresden-after-giving-nazi-salute-on-street Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:35:12 +0200 american-tourist-beaten-up-in-dresden-after-giving-nazi-salute-on-street Fanta is for many the definitive orange soda. Popular worldwide, the brand has always been owned by Coca-Cola. But the drink was actually created in Germany, and owes its existence to ingredient shortages during the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.de/20170523/fanta-how-the-nazi-era-drink-became-the-world-famous-brand Tue, 23 May 2017 16:06:12 +0200 fanta-how-the-nazi-era-drink-became-the-world-famous-brand The top brass of the German military has ordered an inspection of all of its barracks after discovering Nazi-era memorabilia at two of them, the defence ministry said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170507/berlin-orders-barracks-inspection-after-nazi-symbols-found Sun, 07 May 2017 20:04:36 +0200 berlin-orders-barracks-inspection-after-nazi-symbols-found There is more trouble brewing for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), as it was confirmed the party is investigating a regional chairwoman for circulating a photo of Adolf Hitler, apparently calling for his return. https://www.thelocal.de/20170214/afd-parliamentary-candidate-in-hitler-photo-controversy Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:02:23 +0100 afd-parliamentary-candidate-in-hitler-photo-controversy A man dressed in uniform with a swastika, carrying a pistol, stunned citizens as well as police in the city known for holding the trials of Nazi war criminals. https://www.thelocal.de/20170116/man-in-nazi-uniform-with-gun-shocks-nuremberg Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:33:16 +0100 man-in-nazi-uniform-with-gun-shocks-nuremberg Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday he was "perplexed" by Donald Trump comparing the leak of a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations against him to something that could have happened in Nazi Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170112/german-foreign-minister-perplexed-by-trumps-nazi-claim Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:04:22 +0100 german-foreign-minister-perplexed-by-trumps-nazi-claim A former Nazi prisoner of war has left his entire estate in his will to a small village in Scotland to show his appreciation for the kindness he received there during his captivity. https://www.thelocal.de/20161203/nazi-pow-leaves-estate-to-kind-scottish-village Sat, 03 Dec 2016 18:25:48 +0100 nazi-pow-leaves-estate-to-kind-scottish-village A German federal court has upheld the conviction of a former Nazi SS officer known as the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz", his lawyer said on Monday, in a ruling welcomed by victims' representatives. https://www.thelocal.de/20161128/court-upholds-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-conviction Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:07:43 +0100 court-upholds-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-conviction The German government said on Saturday that it would launch an investigation into Nazi influence on the country's post-war central government. https://www.thelocal.de/20161126/berlin-to-probe-nazi-ties-to-post-war-government Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:37:10 +0100 berlin-to-probe-nazi-ties-to-post-war-government