Germany

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

The lawyers for the victims' families say they have found documents stating that the German government asked the Palestinian terror organisation to fake the hijack of a German plane

By Noga Tarnapolsky

3 min read

Germany

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

By Rob Hyde

3 min read

Germany

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

Books

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

By Robert Low

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Germany

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalised with swastikas and Nazi graffiti

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

Karlsruhe, Germany, August 5th 2018: ZKM Center for Art and Media. ZKM organizes special exhibitions and thematic events in the field of new media. It's building was formerly a munitions factory.

Art

Beleaguered British art director finds support in Germany

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Theatre

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

By John Nathan

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Manhunt for ‘many dozens’ of surviving Nazi criminals

Simon Wiesenthal Center in search for remaining Holocaust perpetrators after ex-SS guard aged 101 is convicted

By Rob Hyde

3 min read

June 30, 2022 09:22

Former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz hides his face behind a folder as he arrives on June 28, 2022 at a gym used as a makeshift courtroom in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany, where his verdict was spoken. - The court gave its verdict in the trial of the 101-year-old man, the oldest person so far to be charged with complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. Josef Schuetz, accused of being complicit in the murder of 3,518 Soviet prisoners of war at the concentration camp Sachsenhausen during World War II, was sentenced to five years in prison. (Photo by Adam BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADAM BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

101-year-old SS guard sentenced for war crimes in German court

He's believed to be the oldest perpetrator of Nazi crimes sentenced

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

June 28, 2022 14:59

The country home of an assassinated Jewish German politician is transformed by art

The killing of Walther Rathenau was a turning point in German history

By Abigail Green

5 min read

June 23, 2022 09:41

The country home of an assassinated Jewish German politician is transformed by art

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

Assaf Levitin is to take up the role at the soon-to-be rebuilt Bornplatz synagogue

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

June 16, 2022 11:37

Israeli baritone is to become Hamburg’s first liberal cantor since the Nazi era

By Gavriel Cohn

This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me

Both my grandfather and my great grandfather were from Munich, where it was held

3 min read

June 3, 2022 12:44

This year's Convention of European Rabbis was a deeply personal experience for me

Lufthansa apologises after more than 100 Jewish passengers barred from flight after mask dispute

Orthodox Jewish passengers were transferring planes in Frankfurt when staff and police stopped them boarding an onward flight

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

May 10, 2022 15:37

Lufthansa apologises after more than 100 Jewish passengers barred from flight after mask dispute

Over 100 Jewish passengers barred from Lufthansa flight after mask dispute

An orthodox group was changing planes in Frankfurt between New York and Budapest

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

May 9, 2022 15:46

Over 100 Jewish passengers barred from Lufthansa flight after mask dispute

Cabaret film review: 'Timely and unflinchingly hard-hitting even 50 years later'

Bob Fosse’s iconic musical film makes a welcome return to the big screen this week to celebrate its 50th anniversary

By Linda Marric

1 min read

May 6, 2022 14:58

Violent display of Jew hate at anti-Israel rally in Berlin

Journalists covering the event were surrounded by a violent mob who kicked them, spat at them and pushed them to the ground

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

April 28, 2022 15:04

Violent display of Jew hate at anti-Israel rally in Berlin

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Germany

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalised with swastikas and Nazi graffiti

Beleaguered British art director finds support in Germany

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

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