In the final days of April 1945, the Soviet Red Army launched a relentless assault on Berlin, culminating in the fierce battle for the Reichstag. Amidst this chaos, Adolf Hitler, ensconced in his ...

The state of Berlin couldn't give away the decrepit former lakeside villa built for Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels ...

Conn Smythe was a hockey legend, Toronto Maple Leafs owner, and two-time World War champion. His name lives on in one of the ...

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. It transformed the momentum of the war, shifting the balance of power from Nazi ...

The fascist dictator built a ballroom in the garden of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin — beneath it was his first bunker.

In his 2025 Boyer Lecture, former deputy prime minister John Anderson reflects on democracy and the end of the liberal global ...

Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in ...

Our democracy remained imperfect – that same year, the Commonwealth Franchise Act explicitly excluded Aboriginal Australians ...

A far-right party’s electoral gains have supercharged the debate on migration, the Nazi legacy and where to draw the line on ...

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

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Berlin’s neighborhoods tell stories that textbooks can’t quite capture. Each district carries the weight of history—from ...