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 A group of artists is calling on members of the public to name and shame “problem Germans” who took part in far-right rallies in eastern Germany earlier this year. But it has raised concerns over privacy. https://www.thelocal.de/20181204/how-a-german-art-project-aims-to-name-and-shame Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:33:49 +0100 how-a-german-art-project-aims-to-name-and-shame More than a thousand people are expected to join a counter-protest on Friday against a far-right extremist march planned to take place on the 80th anniversary of the ‘Kristallnacht’ pogroms. https://www.thelocal.de/20181109/thousands-to-attend-counter-protest-against Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:04:58 +0100 thousands-to-attend-counter-protest-against A former SS guard aged 94 broke down in tears Tuesday as he listened to accounts of Holocaust survivors, on the first day of his trial in Germany charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/german-ex-ss-concentration-camp-guard-94-weeps-at-start-of-trial Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:25 +0100 german-ex-ss-concentration-camp-guard-94-weeps-at-start-of-trial A former SS guard, aged 94, goes on trial Tuesday in Germany charged with complicity in mass murders at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in a case bearing symbolic and moral weight. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/ex-ss-guard-now-94-goes-on-trial-in-germany Tue, 06 Nov 2018 09:53:29 +0100 ex-ss-guard-now-94-goes-on-trial-in-germany 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 A German court said Tuesday it could not enforce a Chilean prison sentence for a former member of a Nazi paedophile sect for complicity in child sex abuse. https://www.thelocal.de/20180925/german-court-says-it-wont-jail Tue, 25 Sep 2018 17:03:52 +0200 german-court-says-it-wont-jail A German delegation was in Chile on Tuesday to learn more about the ongoing investigation into Colonia Dignidad, a notorious Nazi pedophile sect founded by German immigrants in the 1960s. https://www.thelocal.de/20180425/german-delegation-visits-chile-over-nazi-pedophile-sect Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:56:45 +0200 german-delegation-visits-chile-over-nazi-pedophile-sect A probe has been launched after a theatre in Baden-Württemberg promised free entry to spectators who wear a swastika to a play named after Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180418/german-theatre-probed-over-free-seats-for-swastika-wearers Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:25:49 +0200 german-theatre-probed-over-free-seats-for-swastika-wearers A 95-year-old former medic at the Auschwitz death camp is fit to stand trial for at least 3,681 counts of accessory to murder, a German appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning an earlier verdict. https://www.thelocal.de/20151202/auschwitz-medic-ruled-fit-to-face-3681-murder-counts Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:22:29 +0100 auschwitz-medic-ruled-fit-to-face-3681-murder-counts The last surviving stretch of German autobahn built under Hitler is set to disappear, almost 80 years after it was first constructed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130930/52167 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:03:00 +0200 52167