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Steinmeier Warns German Democracy Faces Greatest Threat Since Berlin Wall's Fall

He called for a strict cordon sanitaire against extremists.

Margaret Atwood Says Real-World Politics, Not the Book Itself, Power 'Handmaid's Tale' Resonance

Berlin Poll Finds Strong Support for DDR Remembrance and School Trips to Memorials

Reports Say Eli Cohen’s Remains Could Soon Be Returned to Israel

35 Years After Reunification, Germany's East–West Divide Endures

National Archives Posts 22-Minute 'Roswell Incident' Video With Contested Crater Image

Francisco Serrano Wins 2025 Tusquets Prize for 'El corazón revolucionario del mundo'

ZDF’s Adenauer–de Gaulle Drama Wins Primetime With 2.85 Million Viewers

Oliver North Marries Fawn Hall in Private Virginia Ceremony

Berlin Wall Anniversary Spotlights DDR Curriculum Reform and Memorial Accuracy

ZDFheute Debuts Documentary on Soviet Spying and Oppenheimer’s Downfall

Helsinki Conference Marks 50 Years of Final Act as Zelensky Demands Regime Change

Declassified CIA Documents Reveal Surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald Before JFK Assassination

Fortieth Anniversary of Rainbow Warrior Sabotage Prompts Fresh Scrutiny of State Repression

Veteran Broadcaster Sandy Gall Dies at 97

Operation Ajax's 1953 Coup Cemented Decades of US-Iran Hostility

Maja Nielsen’s 'Der Tunnelbauer' Wins 54th Buxtehuder Bulle

Documentary Der Helsinki-Effekt Revisits 1975 Helsinki Accords and Their Legacy

Frederick Forsyth, Thriller Master Behind ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ Dies at 86

Frederick Forsyth, Architect of the Modern Espionage Thriller, Dies at 86