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 zoo and leisure park in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) has shut down a new ride because it appears to resemble Nazi symbols. https://www.thelocal.de/20190820/german-theme-park-closes-swastika-ride Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:41:33 +0200 german-theme-park-closes-swastika-ride A woman was urinated on, had her head shaved and had swastikas drawn on her while she was sleeping at an apartment in Gelsenkirchen, near Essen in North-Rhine Westphalia. https://www.thelocal.de/20181023/defencelss Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:13:53 +0200 defencelss Computer and video games can include swastikas and other Nazi symbols, a German industry body said Thursday, after a heated debate over the "Wolfenstein" franchise in which gamers battle Third Reich forces. https://www.thelocal.de/20180809/germany-lifts-ban-on-nazi-symbols-in-computer-games Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:52:11 +0200 germany-lifts-ban-on-nazi-symbols-in-computer-games Swastikas have repeatedly been sprayed at the spot where a nine-year-old Syrian boy died in a traffic accident at the end of June in a small east German town. Politicians have reacted with disgust to the crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180806/swastikas-sprayed-at-site-of-syrian-childs-death-cause-outrage Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:38:18 +0200 swastikas-sprayed-at-site-of-syrian-childs-death-cause-outrage A German village has decided to keep a contentious Nazi-era church bell that bears a swastika and the words "All for the Fatherland - Adolf Hitler", arguing it serves as a reminder of the country's dark past. https://www.thelocal.de/20180227/german-village-votes-to-keep-hitler-bell-as-memorial Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:45:55 +0100 german-village-votes-to-keep-hitler-bell-as-memorial At four-by-four metres in size, the swastika had remained hidden underground for decades. That is, until a construction worker discovered it on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171121/giant-swastika-made-of-concrete-excavated-on-hamburg-sports-field Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:02:19 +0100 giant-swastika-made-of-concrete-excavated-on-hamburg-sports-field German home accessory store Butlers has had to stop selling a Christmas tree ornament after complaints that it appeared to depict a swastika. https://www.thelocal.de/20161103/store-chain-halts-sale-of-swastika-christmas-ornament Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:02:36 +0100 store-chain-halts-sale-of-swastika-christmas-ornament A fashion faux-pas by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands on the second day of a royal visit to Germany led to consternation on social media on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160415/dutch-queens-swastika-coat-raises-eyebrows-on-state-visit Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:33:32 +0200 dutch-queens-swastika-coat-raises-eyebrows-on-state-visit A Syrian refugee has confessed to setting light to a hotel in Rhineland-Palatinate where he was staying and spraying swastikas on the walls to make it look like a political crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160411/refugee-admits-to-swastika-arson-attack Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:36:25 +0200 refugee-admits-to-swastika-arson-attack Six people suffered from smoke inhalation injuries early on Thursday morning after unknown attackers set fire to a hotel in Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate. https://www.thelocal.de/20160407/six-hurt-in-anti-refugee-hotel-arson-attack Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:49:40 +0200 six-hurt-in-anti-refugee-hotel-arson-attack A teacher from central Germany has been ordered to pay a €1,000 fine after he painted over swastikas which had been sprayed on public property. https://www.thelocal.de/20151125/teacher-ordered-to-pay-fine-for-covering-swastikas Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:13:09 +0100 teacher-ordered-to-pay-fine-for-covering-swastikas On Sunday eastern Germany's first Buddhist graveyard opened in Dresden, marking a turning point for the region's Vietnamese community. But a missing symbol makes the burial ground a peculiarly German affair. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/buddhist-bu Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:45:44 +0200 buddhist-bu Giving a “Hitler salute” is illegal even if there is no apparent political motive, a Lower Saxony court ruled this week, after an intoxicated homeless man provoked passersby with the Nazi-style raised arm gesture. https://www.thelocal.de/20100810/29055 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:21:00 +0200 29055