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Zelenskyy returns Poland's highest honor as row deepens
19+ hour, 27+ min ago (518+ words) Ukraine's president has returned a medal to Poland after a decision to strip him of the honor. Warsaw has been one of Kyiv's key allies since Russia's war in Ukraine. Top Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Saturday…...
Germany's Iran war lessons after 100 days
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1010+ words) The war waged by the US and Israel against Iran has now lasted 100 days. In that time, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has drastically changed his stance on the war. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz initially appeared taken aback by the US…...
How Berlin's Jewish Hospital survived the Holocaust
3+ week, 5+ day ago (277+ words) When Red Army troops entered Berlin's Jewish Hospital in 1945, they were astonished to discover hundreds of Jews living just a couple of miles away from Hitler's bunker. Picture the scene on April 24, 1945, as the Battle of Berlin between the Soviets…...
No tanks: What V-Day parade says about Russia's military
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (94+ words) DW. com No tanks: What V-Day parade says about Russia's military Russia to hold Victory Day parade without weaponry display Putin oversees scaled-back Victory Day parade on Red Square Russia marks Victory Day as the Ukraine war drags on More…...
Russia marks Victory Day as the Ukraine war drags on
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (111+ words) DW. com Russia marks Victory Day as the Ukraine war drags on For the first time in nearly two decades, Russia marked Victory Day on May 9 without its usual display of military hardware. The parade commemorates the Soviet defeat of…...
Secret agreements and Nazi art
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (91+ words) DW. com Secret agreements and Nazi art An agreement with lasting consequences From Goethe to Soraya: German-Iranian stories US fast-tracks Middle East arms, as Europe faces delays More on History from Middle East Is the US making a strategic miscalculation…...
Ukraine war: Will the Victory Day ceasefire hold?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (96+ words) DW. com Russia and Ukraine have each announced temporary ceasefires ahead of Moscow's Victory Day celebrations. But with distrust high on both sides, many doubt the pauses will hold " or lead to anything more lasting. Victory Day, one of Russia'smost…...
Auschwitz survivor goes viral on Tik Tok
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (35+ words) DW. com In short videos, Tova Friedman shares her childhood memories from Auschwitz. Together with her grandson Aron, she aims to educate about the Holocaust and push back against antisemitism....
Greece: Nazi-era photos shed light on 1944 executions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (97+ words) DW. com On May 1, 1944, 200 Greek communists were executed by German occupying forces in retaliation for the ambush and killing of a German major a few days previously. Thessaloniki: Remembering the 'Jerusalem of the Balkans' Greek police hunt for alleged 89-year-old…...
Germany's Buchenwald: Remembering Nazi atrocities
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (787+ words) Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps on German soil. Eighty'one years ago, it was liberated. The commemoration included moving words " and protests. At Sunday's memorial service, actor and author Hape Kerkeling spoke about his grandfather, Hermann Kerkeling, a…...