Hitler Returns to Berlin With Marlene Dietrich at Tussauds New Wax Display Jul 4, 2008
Madame Tussauds said it would leave a gap in German history if Hitler wasn't included and cited market research showing visitors wanted him there. As television crews and photographers lined up behind the red cordon, Madame Tussauds staff said they hoped Hitler wouldn't steal the show. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Even in wax, Hitler causes a stir Jul 4, 2008
But defenders argued his role in German history could not be ignored. We polled people in Berlin about how they want to have the exhibition, and the majority wanted historical and cultural background to the figures, museum spokeswoman Nathalie Ruoss said. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
NEW:Officers Arrest Washington Couple; Seize Meth Lab Jul 2, 2008
Can Americans define "Police State." Maybe, people should review a little German history from the Nazi era from about 1932 to 1945. There are very obvious similarities. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Editor's Mailbag (June 24) Jul 1, 2008
"Nope, I'm not like you. I don't try to run away from these things. I stand 100% behind everything I say. In this case I will still stand behind it because its true, and most people know it, although I guess there is still one in the world that doesn't. For a number of reasons, German history is my specialty. Not just from books, but from actual Germans who were there, living their lives while this was all going on. " ... Tom Johnston wrote on Jun 29, 2008 9:48 AM:" If uplandbirdz really is a... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Germany recalls Berlin airlift Jun 27, 2008
Berlin's German History Museum is showing contemporary photos. At the height of the airlift, one allied plane landed at Tempelhof every 90 seconds, delivering food, coal and other supplies to the residents of West Berlin. (BBC News -- Europe)
Her passions are more than music Jun 15, 2008
PHOTO BY RYAN BRENNECKE/THE SUNProfessor Beth Tibbs directs the members of the Yuma Youth Choir to sing out during a recent rehearsal. Tibbs and the choir leave soon for a three-nation performance tour of Europe. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
York High School announces top students Jun 10, 2008
M/SUNNY Tuesday June 10, 2008. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Teacher retiring, but not giving up 'adventure' Jun 5, 2008
TODAY'S HEADLINES SPECIAL SECTION ONLINE POLL. With higher gas prices, what are your vacation plans. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Stasi secretsThe digital jigsaw that is helping rebuild East German history Jun 4, 2008
"The goal of the pilot project is the automatic, virtual reconstruction of 400 bags. It is very important for German history.". Reconstruction process. (BBC News -- Technology)
Hitler wax figure sparks controversy Jun 3, 2008
Madame Tussauds, which is due to open its Berlin museum next month, argues Hitler is part of German history and deserves a place in the exhibition near the Brandenburg Gate ... "It's embarrassing that this part of German history should be exhibited like this," he said. (Yahoo News)
Hitler waxwork sparks controversy in Berlin Jun 3, 2008
Madame Tussauds, which is due to open its Berlin museum next month, argues Hitler is part of German history and deserves a place in the exhibition near the Brandenburg Gate. "Our surveys show people want to see him because he belongs to Germany's past," said spokesman Natalie Ruoss. (Xinhuanet, China)
I Have to Tell You . . . May 29, 2008
Before the killing began, Guenther's family lived happily in the town of Borgentreich, in Westphalia, an area steeped in German history. It was associated with Goethe, creator of Faust and believed - at least himself - to be the best educated and most intelligent man in the world. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
REVIEW: 'Those Who Save Us' By Jenna Blum May 20, 2008
Skip to the 21st century: the daughter Trudy is now a middle-aged professor of German history at a university in Minnesota. Her stepfather, an American soldier who helped liberate Anna s hometown, has died. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
You can feel the love at this parade May 11, 2008
It's the first time in German history that a highway has been closed for a cultural event. The lineup of DJs has yet to be announced, but artists in previous years have included Paul van Dyk and Chris Liebing. (Boston Globe)
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MUSEUM: Display shows off a facet of German history. By Bill Shrum. (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
Book Review: Landscape of Farewell Apr 22, 2008
German history professor Max Otto, despondent after the death of his wife, promises his daughter that he will complete his final paper and present it at his university in Hamburg, but afterwards he plans to kill himself. After the presentation he is distracted by young aboriginal academic Vita McClelland, who takes him to task for his complete disregard for her people in his work. (Suite101.com)
Racist venom is all Bullard could offer the media Apr 21, 2008
Careful reading of Nazi German history leading to the Holocaust shows that Jews were caricatured as evil incarnate. A whole generation of Germans was raised on that diet. (Business Report, South Africa)
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They will be learning about various parts of German history and visiting a Holocaust memorial and a Jewish museum, and will tour an Allied museum in Berlin. They will visit with and participate in roundtable discussions with German ministers from a few different regions. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Liechtenstein shows Germany the mouse can roar Feb 29, 2008
Germany wants to play a leading role again in a Europe that stands for the principles of the democratic rule of law, the Crown Prince said, stirring further the cold ashes of German history. May one of Europe's biggest states employ methods against one of its smallest states that are not compatible with the rule of law. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Liechtenstein in data theft probe Feb 28, 2008
The tax investigation is the biggest in German history. Liechtenstein has opened a legal case against a former employee of LGT bank over the alleged theft of client data now being used in a German tax probe. (BBC News -- Europe)
Net widens in tax evasion probe Feb 27, 2008
The tax investigation is the biggest in German history. US tax authorities say they are looking into more than 100 accounts held by Americans in tax haven Liechtenstein. (BBC News -- Europe)
International tax probe widens to second Liechtenstein bank Feb 27, 2008
The probe is the biggest in German history and is believed to be based on confidential client data from LGT that a former employee sold to German intelligence agents for 4. 2 million euros ($A6. (The Age)
Northwestern Offers Holocaust Institute for Teachers Feb 16, 2008
Beyerchen, associate professor of history at Ohio State University, instructs German history on the undergraduate and graduate levels and teaches European history, the Holocaust and historical methodology. The curriculum for the institute will consist of presentations and discussions of themes such as the purposes of Holocaust study, types of anti-Semitism, Holocaust in literature and film, nature of the Third Reich, role of slave labor in World War II and issues of memory and memorials. (PR Newswire)
Anniversary of Hitler's rise Jan 30, 2008
"It is a very important day in German history, but of course it's not as easily remembered as, for example, Kristallnacht on November 9, because nobody was hurt on January 30," said Frank Rudolph, 44, a history teacher at a Berlin high school. The rise of , and the Nazis, is viewed with a national shame and horror, but its reasons for happening were complex, said Hans Ottomeyer, director of Berlin's German Historical Museum. (CNN -- International)
'Nazi' claim as Germans rebel over smoking ban Jan 20, 2008
The reason for Germans' refusal to take lying down a law that has now become the norm even in European nations that have traditionally taken pride in their subversiveness - such as Italy, Ireland and Scotland - is repeatedly put down to German history. Campaigners for smokers' rights have been quick to draw on the comparison between the recent clampdown and the little-known nationwide tobacco ban introduced by the Nazis in 1941 as part of their quest for bodily and racial purity. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
* Reichstag arsonist, beheaded in 1934, receives pardon Jan 13, 2008
An unemployed Dutch bricklayer who was made a scapegoat for one of the defining moments of modern German history has been pardoned 75 years later. Marinus van der Lubbe, 24, was beheaded after being convicted of setting the Reichstag on fire, an event Adolf Hitler used as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and start a dictatorship. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Executed Reichstag arsonist wins pardon Jan 12, 2008
An unemployed Dutch bricklayer who was made a scapegoat for one of the defining moments of 20th-century German history has been pardoned for his crime 75 years later. Marinus van der Lubbe, 24, was beheaded after being convicted of setting fire to the Reichstag, an event Hitler used as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and establish a dictatorship. (Guardian Unlimited)
Books of The Times: Book Review: Condoleezza Rice Jan 2, 2008
"Some of Rice's friends," Bumiller writes, "were stunned that she actually seemed to believe Bush's argument in the final days of the war buildup that a liberated Iraq could spread freedom across the Middle East." Rice also believed that "the postwar phase would be like the successful occupation of Germany after World War II, and that it would be possible to plant democracy in a shattered Iraq." Either Rice knew less than she should have about pre- and post-1945 German history, or she was... (International Herald Tribune)
Family caroling adventure exorcises ghosts of the past Dec 20, 2007
I told him about how my mind pulled me into the darkness of German history. How I almost gave in to the familiar feeling of paralysis and stopped singing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Vast Nazi archive opens to public Nov 29, 2007
"I would like to invite all researchers to make use of this, and work through this dark chapter of German history," said Guenter Gloser, Germany's deputy foreign minister for Europe. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Accord to open Nazi archive to public Nov 29, 2007
I would like to invite all researchers to make use of this, and work through this dark chapter of German history. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail -- International)
* Lenin shall stand, Germans say w@yC Nov 21, 2007
But others, including members of the political successor to the communist party that once ruled East Germany, countered that this would amount to "tearing up a page of German history." ]AFP. Mbw@LjCJAwkLQMCeFw@Fv@_vLALwMA|o@Ra[pCJC. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Homeschooling penalty cuts off family's business cash, too Nov 15, 2007
"The Neubronners are decent hardworking citizens who are sincerely doing what is in the best interests of their children and do not deserve this kind of harsh treatment. These outrageous and disproportionate actions are rooted in laws that date back to the darkest days of recent German history. With Slovakia and Romania now making positive changes to legalize homeschooling, Germany stands out as a dark shadow in Europe as an oppressor of this basic human right.". "Even the United Nations has... (WorldNetDaily)
Digital archive Nov 14, 2007
As Hitler shouted his way up the political ranks in Germany, the Guardian and Observer misjudged the extent of his early influence, writes Sir Ian Kershaw. Wednesday November 14, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Soccer at a crossroads in Germany Nov 12, 2007
us, the most-capped player in German history, shares Lw's woes. "The results in Europe are alarming," says Matth. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
More of this story Nov 10, 2007
1930s German history is repeating itself in 2007 and 2008 politics. Giuliani and Clinton are both 100 percent socialists the same as Hitler was, and are using the same campaign tactics as he did. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Germany then, Iraq now: On the interpretation of nightmares Nov 10, 2007
This is unfamiliar terrain for a specialist in modern German history. And his publisher seems to have commissioned the book precisely because the Iraq war had made this once-obscure topic fashionable. (Globe and Mail)
Awful anniversary remembered Nov 10, 2007
On our tour, the guide remarked that Nov. 10 marked the fall of the Berlin Wall but also marked the other event in German history. He didn't say more, but I knew what he meant: Nov. 10, 1938, Kristallnacht. (Florida Times-Union)
Artifacts found in UT Oct 19, 2007
The dealer contacted a German history expert, who examined the items. The sheriff's office took possession Wednesday. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Walter Kempowski, German historian Oct 9, 2007
BERLIN - Walter Kempowski, a chronicler of German history best known for his books on World War II that drew on personal narratives, died Friday of cancer at a hospital in northwestern Germany. He was 78. (Boston Globe)
German-American Day celebrated at CCSU Oct 9, 2007
By virtue of his interest in German history and culture, he was appointed by then-Gov. William ONeill to be the states liaison to the U.S. Presidential Commission for the German-American Tricentennial. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Oktoberfest crowd enjoys good time at family event Sep 24, 2007
Encinitas' German history is closely linked to Olivenhain, which was founded by a group of Germans who came to the area to grow olives. "It's a little of Germany in Encinitas because of Olivenhain," said event founder Edgar Engert. (North County Times)
Wartburg receives $1 million gift Sep 19, 2007
His gift will fund the Gerald R. Kleinfeld Distinguished Professorship in German History. Kleinfeld is the founder and former executive director of the German Studies Association, a scholarly organization that hosts the world s largest annual meeting on German and Austrian affairs, politics and culture. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Karl May and the origins of a German obsession Sep 13, 2007
The cause of this infatuation is a writer named Karl May (1842-1912), virtually unknown in the United States but the most popular author in German history. A con man and Walter Mitty-like homebody who spent eight years in jail dreaming of Wild West adventures, May (the name is pronounced My) wrote dozens of tall-tale books that have sold more than 100 million copies, maybe twice that many if you count translations from the German. (International Herald Tribune)
UNESCO Heritage Sites in Germany Sep 3, 2007
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg a remarkable ensemble of 1,300 half-timbered buildings and an important church from early German history. V. (Suite101.com)
John Gagliardo, BU professor; at 73 Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Gagliardo wrote and translated many books and articles on his specialty, early modern European and German history. In 1984 he was awarded the Metcalf Cup & Prize for Teaching Excellence, Boston University's highest teaching award, according to his colleague Jay Corrin. (Boston Globe)
CBS 2 At The Met: Made In Germany Aug 6, 2007
Rewald said, "This disembodied head implies the dead of World War II. Kiefer is known for his great involvement with German history, especially the history of Nazi Germany. He is very provocative and fearless. He confronts taboos that after World War II, Germany didn't touch yet, much too afraid and guilt ridden. Kiefer and his art starting in the 60's would confront these taboos.". Edgy and moody, this exhibition is attracting an audience. (CBS New York, NY)
Kohl recalls executed anti-Hitler heroes (Roundup) Jul 21, 2007
Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl told the Berlin ceremony that the date 63 years ago had been one of the 'great days' in German history. In a further sign that Germans now believe it would have been an act of virtue to assassinate Hitler, Kohl praised Johann Georg Elser, who was executed for a vain, solo attempt to kill Hitler in 1939. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Climate change threatens Latam water supply -WBank Jul 21, 2007
The dam on the river Oder near the German village of Aurith broke ten years ago on 23 July 1997 causing the worst floods in post-war German history. Many smaller villages in the surrounding area, including Brieskow-Finkenheerd, were badly effected by the flooding. (AlertNet)
International Jul 15, 2007
Given recent German history, we thought extremism was a thing of the past. . (Guardian Unlimited)
Under the influence of German settlers Jul 13, 2007
f you deal with German history, you can't deny the Homestead Act, Heitmann said. Heitmann said the Homestead Act, passed in 1862, attracted many German immigrants to the United States, especially when many German farmsteads were inherited by the first-born son. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Streisand goes down like butta in Berlin Jul 2, 2007
I'm so very happy to be in your country," Barbra Streisand told 18,000 ecstatic fans Saturday night. The line was typical concert banter from the singer - or it would have been, if this particular concert hadn't been taking place in Berlin, a city where the music and film star had reportedly long refused to perform because of German history and the Holocaust. For weeks, Berlin has been plastered with brown and gold posters of the star, her gaze seemingly fixed on a distant dream. When this... (Jerusalem Post)
SUSAN ESTRICH: Actor Tom Cruise and the German problem Jun 29, 2007
But no question has been raised as to the seriousness of the film, or the authenticity of its portrayal of German history. It is only the private religious beliefs of the star that are at issue. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Cruise gets filming ban in Germany over link to Scientology Jun 27, 2007
I read that Germany doesn't want the pompous little twit mincing about in their country, puting his Scientology spin on German history. Cant say I blame them. (Scotsman)
Grossman: Berlin's Left Party Jun 19, 2007
Was it a day to go down in German history. The immediate, loud chorus of snarling, barking attacks seems to show that the many foes of this new party, The Left (Die Linke) see its formation as a significant change in the political landscape - and has them worried. (Zmag.org)
Reports: Montana State hires Drake's Ash Jun 12, 2007
At the University of Michigan he earned a master's degree in German history and religion. He is the co-author of Coaching Football Technical and Tactical Skills. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Football)
MSU names Ash head coach Jun 11, 2007
He majored in history, went on to earn his Masters degree in German history and religion at the University of Michigan, and co-authored a book titled "Coaching Football Technical and Tactical Skills.". Another item of note is that Van Diest, Lennon, and Kill already coach teams with rich playoff histories, while Ash's teams played in a conference with no automatic qualifier for postseason play. (Helena Independent Record)
Protesters, police clash after Rostock anti-G8 demo Jun 3, 2007
Some 16,000 German police are on duty for the summit, the biggest force in post-war German history. During the summit itself, which will take place on June 6-8, protesters will be prevented from approaching the exclusive hotel venue. (AlertNet)
Cannes excels itself May 29, 2007
Adding to the rich scenario is the son of the mother's lover who, though he comes from Turkey, teaches German history to German students. The film covers a great deal of ground in a seamless and invigorating way, and is even better than Akin's previous success, Head-On. (The Australian)
Three faculty members receive Humboldt research awards May 25, 2007
Geyer, the Samuel N. Harper Professor in History and the College, and a leading expert on transnationalism and modern German history, has received a Humboldt Research Award ... I hope to complete a book titled Catastrophic Nationalism: Defeat and Self-destruction in German History, he said ... Geyer is co-author of Shattered Past: Reconstructing German Histories, a reflection on the nature of modern German history. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Post a comment (110+) May 7, 2007
Leaders like him, given the right circumstances, can become very dangerous as French and German history showed us too painfully. But France needs drastic changes in its inflexible economic and too generous social policies if it wants to survive and remain competitive globally. (International Herald Tribune)
Opine: John Boyer Apr 27, 2007
His works, particularly his great novels such as The Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus, provide intricate and searching meditations about the relationship of politics and culture in modern German history. Among the complex moral and political issues that affect humanity, which do you believe will never be resolved and why. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
German Economic Boom Creates Jobs Machine Apr 27, 2007
Unemployment is declining more rapidly and the government coffers are filling more quickly than during any other economic recovery in postwar German history ... From March 2006 to March 2007, the number of people seeking employment declined by close to 900,000, the strongest drop in postwar German history. (BusinessWeek)
UI program promotes 'exotic' languages Apr 3, 2007
One such member, Brian Miller, a UI graduate student in history, is studying Turkish to help guide his research and dissertation on Turkish and German history. "It is a wonderful fit for my program and allows me to do something I wouldn't be able to do otherwise," he said. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Ex-Volkswagen Director Peter Hartz Steps Into Debate, Defends Germany AG Apr 2, 2007
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG, says Peter Hartz, ``is a piece of German history ... With each new sign of corporate realism, it is Hartz's world view that looks like a piece of German history. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
