Kurt “Panzer” Meyer was one of the youngest divisional commanders of World War II, leading the 12th SS Panzer Division ...
Berlin — When Karin Prien's mother brought her to Germany as a little girl in the late 1960s, she gave her one urgent warning: "Don't tell anyone you're Jewish." Nearly six decades later, Prien is now ...
When a german party triggers a Zählappell, or parliamentary roll call, it is serious business. As a television commentator recently joked, “They will haul MPs out of bed—usually their own.” On March ...
It was Thanksgiving in 1946 and the celebration took place as far away as Germany, which was in ruins after World War II. The U.S. Women’s Army Corps, stationed in Frankfurt, hosted 30 “wide-eyed” ...