Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong reviewed
By Katja Hoyer
Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James Holland reviewed
By Katja Hoyer
The Bundeswehr has railed against the anachronistic comparisons with Nazism
By Katja Hoyer
Yet a tight exit poll obscures the emptiness of the contest
By Katja Hoyer
Some of Die Linke’s mission statements read like something from a bygone era
By Katja Hoyer
Germans are wary of the aristocrat’s attempts to reclaim his family fortunes
By Katja Hoyer
None of the three leading candidates for chancellor seem to have the credibility, charisma or popular support needed
By Katja Hoyer
The EU’s biggest threat comes from the increasingly unbridgeable conflict between democracy and liberalism
By Katja Hoyer
Not even the German chancellor herself seems to know
By Katja Hoyer
The field in the German elections is still wide open
By Katja Hoyer
‘When I read this, it sounds as if they were talking about somebody else’
By Katja Hoyer
None of the established West German parties have offered East Germans anything besides silent assimilation
By Katja Hoyer
Can Annalena Baerbock and her centrist party regain momentum?
By Katja Hoyer
The opposition in Belarus has long complained that the Lukashenko regime can survive because of western economic support
By Katja Hoyer
Germany clearly has a far-right problem. But there is evidence, too, of a growing far-left and Islamist extremism
By Katja Hoyer