German News
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Seventy years after the author's death, Adolf Hitler's famous but obviously controversial autobiography is to be republished by a collection of academics next year once the copyright on the work expires in a two-volume new addition.
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German trance duo Cosmic Gate chatted about their new remix album, "Wake Your Mind Sessions 001," trance music and their future plans.
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German scholar Dr. Annette Schmiedchen was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the country, last month. The award recognizes Dr. Schmiedchen’s work in the fields of Indology and Sanskrit studies.
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German actor Jo Weil may be known for his acting and modeling skills, but he proves that he is one talented singer on his newest Christmas song.
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A woman in Germany shared a bed with her mother's corpse for five years. When social workers discovered the body, it had already mummified.
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Bochum -
A man in Germany was able to avoid being arrested by paying a fine with his slot machine winnings, just as cops were going to arrest him.
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Berlin -
German Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Hartmann, has admitted to using crystal meth. The police were notified by a drug dealer.
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One day you’re a hero, the next you’re a villain. That’s one of the various sub-plots that can be taken from this week’s Champions League semi-final showdowns.
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Sydney -
Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for about two weeks in Australia's inhospitable Outback on a diet of insects, police said Friday.Daniel Dudzisz, 26, went missing in February south-west of Longreach in remote Queensland as he r...
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Sydney -
Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for about two weeks in Australia's inhospitable Outback on a diet of insects, police said Friday.Daniel Dudzisz, 26, went missing in February south-west of Longreach in remote Queensland as he r...
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Sydney -
Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for around two weeks in Australia's inhospitable Outback on a diet of insects, police said Friday.Daniel Dudzisz, 26, went missing in February south-west of Longreach in remote Queensland as he ...
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Berlin-k -
Months ago a scandal broke involving art works, allegedly stolen by Nazis during WWII. Recently however, an art historian has discovered more stolen art works, this time inside Germany's parliament, the Bundestag.
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Newark -
Ninety-year-old Emery Jacoby was taken to a concentration camp at the age of 20. Both his sisters also survived, but their parents were never seen again. He sent an inspiring message to young Germans, in the hope that such events will never be repeated.
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In a string of abuse allegations to be published in a book by a former manager, trainees at the German discount supermarket chain, Aldi Süd, speak of the abuse they received, including being wrapped in plastic film until they could hardly breathe.
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A German pensioner has died after being tied up and beaten in a robbery at his home on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. His wife is being treated for head injuries and shock.
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A German tourist, who admits to getting a little drunk, had her phone stolen while on holiday in Ibiza. She even almost met the thief face-to-face, but has now had a chance to get to know him a whole lot better.
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In what has been described as a major blow to Mallorca's powerful German mafia, Spanish police have raided the Mallorcan chapter of the Hell's Angels Motorbike Club and made several arrests, including Frank Hanebuth, president of the Hannover chapter.
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Ibiza -
A German tourist got into trouble when using a steel sex toy and he went to the hospital. It took Ibiza firemen two hours to cut through the metal ring, into which the man had placed his ... er ... equipment.
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Arroba -
When his GPS sent him down the wrong street in a small Spanish town on Wednesday, a German truck driver was wedged and trapped for nine hours between two houses.
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned that Europe faces revolution unless a solution to youth unemployment is found.
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German industry is being pressured to explore the possibility of extracting the country's natural gas reserves. Beer makers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that this could damage Germany's legendary beer industry by polluting the water.
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Toronto -
Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, recently announced the company’s 2013-2014 season. It expresses not only a vision for the COC, but of opera's role in the cultural fabric of Canada's largest city.
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Dortmund -
As the 2012-13 season is winding down, some unfinished business remains. FC Bayern having successfully taken the Bundesliga championship is on track to win a treble. While the DFB Cup is all but guaranteed, Wembley is a formidable obstacle.
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Riga -
The annual march of Latvian veterans, members of the Waffen SS divisions which was part of the armed wing of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party during World War Two, was held on Saturday.
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Berlin -
A regular weekly vigil is now held every Thursday outside the British Embassy in Berlin in support of ‘political prisoner’ Tommy Robinson, leader of the English Defence League.
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A new biography of the band Kraftwerk offers a fascinating history of the influential German band and their work, while painting an incredible portrait of the cultural scene that helped create their unique sound.
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German Olympic rower Nadja Drygalla has left London after reports of her having connections to a Neo-Nazi group started to surface.
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London -
An older spectator can be seen making what looks like a Nazi-style salute to the German Olympic team at the Olympic Opening Ceremony.
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A married couple in northwest Germany fell seriously ill after drinking Capri Sun pouches. The police believe the fruit drinks were tampered with after being purchased, and are treating the case as an attempted murder.
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Munich Re, a German insurer, threw an office part for their best 100 employees. The office party was more of an orgy though.
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German Image
A German Dornier Do-17 drops its payload of bombs during WWII. Wikipedia/Bundesarchive
COC Music Director Johannes Debus and COC General Director Alexander Neef in R. Fraser Elliott Hall at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 2013. bohuang.ca
German firefighter Denis Janssen
Frank Armin Hanebuth, president of the Hannover chapter of the Hells Angels. YouTube
In the introduction to Publikation, Former Kraftwerk band member Karl Bartos writes that author David Buckley "provides an in-depth insight into how this strange band from Dusseldorf managed to produce pop music that was -and still is -understood around the world." Rüdiger Nehmzow
German 20 Reichsmark bill Jerry "Woody"
Aldi Süd, Trier Sysop www.trierwiki.eu
Mountain rescue workers take a rest on the rocks of mount Untersberg near the mouth of the Riesending cave complex near Marktschellenberg, southern Germany on June 19, 2014 Nicolas Armer, DPA/AFP
German trance duo Cosmic Gate Courtesy of Armada Music
1000 German Reichsmarks from 1922. Scanned by Golle95
Clifton Forbis as Siegmund in the Canadian Opera Company's 2006 production of Die Walküre. Gary Beechey
Schwäbisch Hall - a view of the town and its river
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