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 Around 5,000 people had to leave their homes in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel on Monday night for the defusing of a World War II bomb, with consequences stretching into Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20230718/five-thousand-people-evacuated-in-hamburg-for-wwii-bomb-disposal Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:29:57 +0200 five-thousand-people-evacuated-in-hamburg-for-wwii-bomb-disposal Allied planes dropped around 1.3 million tonnes of bombs on Germany in WWII, with many unexploded remnants still regularly being found today – over 75 years later. In fact, around 2,000 tonnes of explosives are found in Germany every year. https://www.thelocal.de/20230125/explained-how-many-wwii-bombs-are-still-being-found-in-germany Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:21:20 +0100 explained-how-many-wwii-bombs-are-still-being-found-in-germany A new museum dedicated to the long-silenced trauma of German civilians forced to flee eastern Europe at the end of World War II opens next week after decades of wrenching debate. https://www.thelocal.de/20210620/how-a-new-berlin-museum-is-carefully-exploring-germanys-wartime-suffering Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:06:36 +0200 how-a-new-berlin-museum-is-carefully-exploring-germanys-wartime-suffering A massive World War II bomb found in Germany's financial capital Frankfurt was safely detonated in the early hours of Thursday, the city's fire service said, allowing tens of thousands of evacuated residents to return to their homes. https://www.thelocal.de/20210520/wwii-bomb-found-in-frankfurt-safely-detonated-after-mass-evacuation Thu, 20 May 2021 11:03:08 +0200 wwii-bomb-found-in-frankfurt-safely-detonated-after-mass-evacuation Hundreds of residents were evacuated on Monday as Polish military divers began a delicate operation to defuse a massive World War II bomb in a channel near the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.de/20201012/hundreds-evacuated-in-high-risk-baltic-sea-bomb-difusal Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:31:36 +0200 hundreds-evacuated-in-high-risk-baltic-sea-bomb-difusal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Germans to "defend democracy" on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, as the emboldened far right rattles the political establishment. https://www.thelocal.de/20200213/germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:34:01 +0100 germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing The destruction of Dresden in 1945 is still deeply rooted in Germany's memory. Even 75 years later, the struggle for neutral interpretation remains, and Neo-Nazis want to turn guilt to innocence. https://www.thelocal.de/20200211/germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:21 +0100 germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction Experts have safely defused seven World War II bombs found on the future location of Tesla's first European factory, just outside Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20200127/seven-wwii-bombs-defused-at-teslas-factory-site-near-berlin Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:45:33 +0100 seven-wwii-bombs-defused-at-teslas-factory-site-near-berlin A World War II bomb was discovered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday, causing misery for commuters. https://www.thelocal.de/20191104/travel-chaos-as-wwii-bomb-discovered-in-dsseldorf Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:48:51 +0100 travel-chaos-as-wwii-bomb-discovered-in-dsseldorf More than 15,000 people evacuated from their homes in the German city of Hanover were free to return early Tuesday after city officials said an unexploded World War II bomb had been defused. https://www.thelocal.de/20190903/15000-people-evacuated-from-homes-in-hanover-after-wwii-bomb-found Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:36:17 +0200 15000-people-evacuated-from-homes-in-hanover-after-wwii-bomb-found German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland's forgiveness for history's bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20190901/i-bow-my-head-and-ask-for-forgiveness-germany-marks-ww2-of-poland Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:31:09 +0200 i-bow-my-head-and-ask-for-forgiveness-germany-marks-ww2-of-poland Eight decades after the first Nazi bombs fell on Poland, echoes of the blasts can be heard in the bickering between Warsaw and Berlin over the possibility of billions of euros in war reparations. https://www.thelocal.de/20190828/wwii-wounds-remain-as-poland-seeks-german-reparations-80-years-o Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:48:11 +0200 wwii-wounds-remain-as-poland-seeks-german-reparations-80-years-o Germany on Wednesday returned a painting looted by the Nazis which ended up in the spectacular art hoard of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Third Reich-era art dealer, to the family of a French real estate broker. https://www.thelocal.de/20190704/germany-hands-back-nazi-looted-artwork-to-french-heirs Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:19:28 +0200 germany-hands-back-nazi-looted-artwork-to-french-heirs An heiress of the Bahlsen biscuit empire in Germany has apologized for claiming her company treated forced labourers "well" during World War II, and said she should learn more about her firm's history. https://www.thelocal.de/20190516/german-biscuit-heiress-apologizes-for-nazi-labor-claim Thu, 16 May 2019 11:12:47 +0200 german-biscuit-heiress-apologizes-for-nazi-labor-claim The 100kg American-made explosive device was found during construction work in Hermsdorf, part of the Reinickendorf district in northern Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190509/hundreds-evacuated-as-world-war-ii-bomb-found-north-of-berlin Thu, 09 May 2019 19:32:41 +0200 hundreds-evacuated-as-world-war-ii-bomb-found-north-of-berlin Around 4,500 residents were forced to leave their homes during the planned explosion of a WWII bomb in Regensburg, Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20190424/bavaria-thousands-evacuated-during-wwii-bomb-detonation Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:27:04 +0200 bavaria-thousands-evacuated-during-wwii-bomb-detonation Greece's parliament on Wednesday began a debate on a resolution to demand the payment of German war crime reparations, an issue long disputed by Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190417/german-war-crime-payments-debated-in-greece Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:21:59 +0200 german-war-crime-payments-debated-in-greece A 250kg World War II bomb has been detonated in the Main river in Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20190415/wwii-bomb-detonation-in-frankfurt-triggers-30m-high-water-fountain Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:25:47 +0200 wwii-bomb-detonation-in-frankfurt-triggers-30m-high-water-fountain About 10,000 people had to leave the centre of the northern city of Rostock on Wednesday morning because of the planned disposal of an aerial bomb from World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20190327/250-kg-world-war-ii-bomb-found-in-rostock-causes-city-centre-shutdown Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:30:35 +0100 250-kg-world-war-ii-bomb-found-in-rostock-causes-city-centre-shutdown After it was revealed last week that fifteen people in Sweden receive a war pension from Germany, authorities in Berlin said that the individuals receiving the pensions were not members of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. https://www.thelocal.de/20190309/german-ww2-pension-payments-going-to-former-waffen-ss-members-in-sweden Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:22:34 +0100 german-ww2-pension-payments-going-to-former-waffen-ss-members-in-sweden