Germany Index

09/12/2022

On the latest danger threatening German democracy

It was one of the biggest police raids modern Germany has ever seen. Early Wednesday morning, 3,000 officers, among them members of special units sent by both state and federal police forces, searched 130 properties in 11 of 16 states. They arrested 25 people on suspicion of being members or support...

11/04/2022

An interesting article on the attempt of putting Kaiser Wilhelm II on trail post armistice.

PDF version. A review of William A. Schabas, “The Trial of the Kaiser” (Oxford University Press, 2018) ***

02/01/2022

Der letzte Kaiser 🤷🏻‍♂️

Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire. c.1913 (Colorized by Julius Jaaskelainen)

04/12/2021

America • The Americas • American: What's in a Name? How did the American continent (Erdteil in German,

16/10/2021

German War Bicycle from WW1

Credit Colin Kirsch author of a book on the subject. The 1905 Herrenrad Victoria with Spring Tyres (used in WW1) can be viewed on the Museum website 👇👇👇

https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/ww1-german-bicycles/

16/10/2021

Picture German troops marching in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. Their polished black boots hit the ground in rhythm with the drums. Night has fallen and the soldiers are carrying burning torches that cast an eerie glow over the spectacle. But these aren’t N***s. This ceremony was held last Wed...

07/10/2021

Great time-lapse clip

07/10/2021

📰| AZ| After the murder in Idar-Oberstein, there will be a public memorial service for the killed petrol station cashier this afternoon.

Nach dem Mord in Idar-Oberstein findet heute eine öffentliche Gedenkfeier für den erschossenen Tankstellen-Kassierer statt. Ein Überblick über die Ereignisse.

05/10/2021

“In an interview with the Welt newspaper last week, both men, historian and prince, showed themselves to be pleased with the results of the research. Machtan has concluded that there is no denying that ‘there was a phase during which one can speak of a collaboration with the rising N***s'. But he is also certain that ‘the Hohenzollerns were not involved in the transition of power in the winter of 1932/1933, neither directly nor indirectly'. He characterised Wilhelm as a misguided and ‘erratic’ man who was dispensable in the eyes of the N***s. The ‘terrible proclamations of loyalty’ he offered Hi**er were neither demanded nor particularly useful to the future dictator, Machtan argues.

What the German courts will make of this new analysis remains to be seen. The Prince of Prussia is also still engaged in direct negotiations with cultural organisations in the hope that he might reach compromise solutions outside the courtroom.

But the wounds in German collective memory are still deep, as evidenced by the heated tone of the public debate. The Hohenzollerns have been called a ‘family clan which has haunted central Europe for over 1,000 years with its wars, nepotism and catastrophes’ by one commentator; others have called the claims ‘an insult to the republic’, ‘greedy’ and even an ‘erosion of democracy itself'. Georg Friedrich is clearly trying to rationalise the debate by employing the services of a respected expert in the field but he is fighting an uphill battle.”

Germans are wary of the aristocrat's attempts to reclaim his family fortunes

05/10/2021

Doesn't want to be supplied anymore: Mercedes 🚘 is now building its own batteries 🔋

Diesen klaren Entschluss stellte Vorstandschef Ola Källenius vor. Mercedes möchte mit dieser Strategie zum europäischen Marktführer werden. Dafür...

05/10/2021

300 percent more expensive: Silicon price shock exacerbates chip crisis
Until now, insufficient production capacities and disrupted supply chains have led to a global undersupply of semiconductors. Now there are commodity problems.

Bislang sorgten zu geringe Produktionskapazitäten und gestörte Lieferketten für eine globale Unterversorgung mit Halbleitern. Jetzt kommen Rohstoffprobleme hinzu. Der Preis für Silizium hat sich in nur zwei Monaten vervierfacht. Die Ursache liegt in China.

04/10/2021

15 books 📚 that will help you to better understand Germany 🇩🇪

Les élections les plus importantes de l'année en Europe ont lieu aujourd'hui. Pour comprendre les particularités de l'Allemagne, son histoire, sa société, pour mieux s'orienter dans ses coordonnées politiques, nous avons sélectionné quinze références bibliographiques récentes.

17/09/2021

📰| Washington Post| ✍🏼 Katja Hoyer

Germany is ready for change but how will the current politicians respond ?

“Could the Sept. 26 general election be a chance for Germans to send a signal about long-overdue generational change?

Merkel’s retirement from politics would seem to have taken the option of continuity off the ballot. Yet the fact that she is still by far Germany’s most popular politician is actually leading her would-be successors to emphasize business as usual rather than disruption.

Merkel’s departure should have opened up a real opportunity for a new generation to come forward. Instead, the major parties are choosing to play it safe.”

After 16 years of Angela Merkel, Germany is ripe for something new. Will the country get it?

16/09/2021

A Knight with a racket

“Gottfried von Cramm was for a long time the fairest and most elegant tennis player in the world. Jens Nordalm's biography "The Beautiful German" tells the story of his dazzling life.

At first glance, one would think that Gottfried von Cramm and Boris Becker could not be more different. Gottfried von Cramm, long, thin and elegant in his appearance, endowed with immaculate manners and coming from a noble family, was always surrounded by horses and estates and festive ball parties. Boris Becker, on the other hand, the edgy and powerful, grew up in a terraced house in Leimen, was ridiculed for years for his dialect, reified by the tabloid press and trivialized "the Bobbele".

But what unites the two tennis players is that they sought their fortune abroad and thus felt the burden that can lie on an athlete when he or she is chosen to represent his or her own country in the world. Baron Gottfried von Cramm did this in a calm, diplomatic manner, always driven by the intention of bringing the "good", the "decent" Germany into the world. Boris Becker, on the other hand, inspired people worldwide with an archetypal, raw emotionality.”

Gottfried von Cramm war lange der fairste und eleganteste Tennisspieler der Welt. Jens Nordalms Biografie "Der schöne Deutsche" erzählt sein schillerndes Leben.

16/09/2021

Club-Party in Münster: 83 visitors got infected

During a club visit to Münster, a large part of the visitors became infected with Corona – despite the 2G regulation. So far, no violation of the vaccination passports is known.

Bei einem Club-Besuch in Münster hat sich ein großer Teil der Feiernden mit Corona infiziert – trotz der 2G-Regelung. Bislang ist kein Verstoß bei den Impfpässen bekannt.