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The same procedure as every year: Germans go wild on New Year's Eve

Driving home for Christmas: the pitfalls of festive nostalgia

Christmas like a German

Historians should get out more

Behind closed doors: The fascinating world of Britain's private clubs

Christmas markets bring comfort to Germans in good times and bad

What German history looks like from the outside

Der Fliegende Zirkus - How Monty Python brought British humour to Germany

An East German cinema frozen in time

Night or the Prussians must come

You can't go home again

Guben, 1985. When I met History

Why a German Remembrance Day remains unthinkable

Out of many, one? In history and politics, that's easier said then done

Of Chancellors and Presidents

Soul delay: Bodies travel faster than minds

'Crazy things always begin on the edge of the world' - The story of village in the grip of history

Beer, cholera, bombs and Beatles - Hamburg is every bit as special as it thinks it is

'Beautifully Grim' - Why is everyone so fascinated by Berlin?

'I love hearing this in English. It sounds beautiful.’ - The things we gain in translation

She escaped the Nazis and became a titan of British journalism: the eventful life of Hella Pick

Red Vienna

Going Dutch: Why the Netherlands is a great place to talk about East Germany

‘The Happiest Day of the Century for Germans'?

A German in Austria

Germany's title dealer is dead

Historical figures were humans too

Why I will mark German Unity Day

A Journey Through East Germany - Part II

A Journey Through East Germany - Part I

Finland and East Germany

The past is never dead – But it's not always brought to life either

What's a memory worth?

Why Stalingrad still matters

When does life become history?

Germany and Ukraine: A History - Part II

Germany and Ukraine: A History - Part I

East German delicacies are still safe to eat

The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation

The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation

Gentlemen, choose your weapons!

Two Women - No Regrets: The Unlikely Friendship of Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf

Thinker Traitor Scientist Spy: The Fascinating Life of Klaus Fuchs

Of Virtue and Necessity: How East Germans became Recycling Experts

Girl Dinner? It's All German to Me

The Remarkable Story of Adidas

Interview: Daniel Finkelstein

A Story of Love and Murder

Berlin's Cold War Cage Fight

Museum Island: Wilhelm Camphausen's "The Storming of Als by the Prussians"

Essay: The Violent Deaths of the Weimar Republic

Books: Summer Reads

Reiseführer: Oh Weimar!

Museum Island: Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, 1974

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