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AfD in Brandenburg Uses Lifesize Cardboard Cutouts Including Hindenburg at Public Events

Hindenburg's presence raises questions about normalizing figures tied to the Nazi takeover and about how the party frames its public messaging.

Bavaria Thaler Issued for 80th Anniversary of Bavarian Constitution

Germany Confirms €110 Million Renovation Package for Schloss Friedenstein

Ingo Schulze’s New Novel Wins Uwe‑Johnson Prize and Lands on Deutscher Buchpreis Longlist

Sandra Hüller Says She Identifies as a ‘Thuringian European’, Not German

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche to Close Parts for €44–45 Million Renovation Starting in September

Ingo Schulze’s Das Wasser im August Wins Uwe‑Johnson Prize and Makes Deutscher Buchpreis Longlist

Planned Demolition of Berlin’s DDR SEZ Paused After Owner Withdraws Tender

Two New German Documentaries Probe an Island’s Past and an Antarctic Research Voyage

Potsdam Proposal to Name Street After Lothar Bisky Prompts Call for Full Stasi Vetting

WDR and MDR Launch AR App Letting Students Meet Berlin Wall Witnesses

Germany Prepares For Possible Return Of Zivildienst

Altes Museum Found to Have Structural Cracks as Pergamon Announces Phased Reopening

FDP Deputy Says 'Ostidentität' Was Invented and Calls East–West Division a Political Business Model

Bremen CDU Chief Criticizes Merz Over West‑Centric Leadership

Germany Hands 2029 Tour de France Grand Départ Bid to A.S.O.

ARD Will Drop Entire "Babylon Berlin" Finale in Mediathek and Stage Two-Part TV Broadcast

Roland Korn, Former Chief Architect of East Berlin, Dies at 96

Wagenknecht Defends DDR Anthem Sung at AfD Rally as Critics Decry Trivialization

Nibelungen-Festspiele Open in Worms With New Deutsch–English Staging