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 As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Auschwitz for the first time on Friday, 96-year-old survivor Frederick Terna was at home in New York worrying about a resurgence of anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20191207/auschwitz-survivor-fears-rise-of-anti-semitism Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:17:07 +0100 auschwitz-survivor-fears-rise-of-anti-semitism An heiress of the Bahlsen biscuit empire in Germany has sparked uproar over her claim that her company treated forced workers "well" during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20190514/outrage-over-german-biscuit-heiresss-forced-labour-claim Tue, 14 May 2019 19:48:10 +0200 outrage-over-german-biscuit-heiresss-forced-labour-claim Officials had to evacuate 11,000 people from their homes in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday after a 250-kg bomb was found during renovations. https://www.thelocal.de/20151026/11000-evacuated-in-kreuzberg-after-bomb-find Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:48:39 +0100 11000-evacuated-in-kreuzberg-after-bomb-find Poland said on Tuesday it would deploy the military to look for an alleged Nazi "gold train" that sparked global fascination after two anonymous treasure hunters claimed they had pinpointed where it is buried. https://www.thelocal.de/20150902/poland-to-deploy-army-to-find-nazi-gold-train Wed, 02 Sep 2015 10:09:31 +0200 poland-to-deploy-army-to-find-nazi-gold-train The Chancellor has decided not to attend a memorial day in Moscow marking 70 years since the defeat of Nazism. https://www.thelocal.de/20150311/russia-ukraine-merkel-to-stay-away-from-wwii-service Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:14:08 +0100 russia-ukraine-merkel-to-stay-away-from-wwii-service The case against an 89-year-old man from Germany who was charged in connection with the notorious World War II massacre of hundreds of French villagers, was thrown out on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141209/german-88-charged-over-world-war-ii-massacre Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:05:00 +0100 german-88-charged-over-world-war-ii-massacre Authorities evacuated 1,700 people from their homes early on Friday morning after an unexploded bomb from World War Two was found in Oranienburg, north of Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20141121/oranienburg-at-a-standstill-for-bomb-defusal Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:37:00 +0100 oranienburg-at-a-standstill-for-bomb-defusal Former SS assassin Heinrich Boere has died in a German prison hospital aged 92, two years after starting a life term for killing three civilians in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.de/20131203/ss-shooter-dies Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:24:42 +0100 ss-shooter-dies A German court on Thursday rejected a journalist's request to force the country's foreign intelligence service to release all its files on the top Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and on how long its spies knew he was hiding out in Argentina. https://www.thelocal.de/20130628/50563 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:32:00 +0200 50563 The fledgling post-war German secret service hired and trained a Nazi wanted for more than 90,000 murders, contracting him to infiltrate Castro’s Cuba, according to newly released documents. https://www.thelocal.de/20110925/37807 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:29:00 +0200 37807 An exhibition examining the impact of World War II in the developing world has opened in Berlin amid criticism for including Nazi sympathisers. https://www.thelocal.de/20090904/21703 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:56:00 +0200 21703