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How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals

How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals

Tobias Buck on Collective Complicity and Transitional Justice in Post-War Germany

By Tobias Buck | May 3, 2024

How Berlin Reckons with Its Past Each and Every Day

How Berlin Reckons with Its Past Each and Every Day

Paul Scraton on the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Everything After

By Paul Scraton | December 10, 2019

Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany

Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany

On the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

By Olivia Giovetti | November 8, 2019

The Problem of Germany's Post-War Internal Refugees

The Problem of Germany's Post-War Internal Refugees

On the So-Called "Expellees" of Eastern Europe

By Peter Gatrell | September 20, 2019

The Hollow Mythology of Ronald Reagan

The Hollow Mythology of Ronald Reagan

No One Really Cared When Dutch Asked Gorbachev to 'Tear Down This Wall'

By Tim Mohr | June 12, 2017

Once Upon a Time in Berlin

Once Upon a Time in Berlin

Rob Spillman and Darryl Pinckney Talk Ex-Pats, Fiction, and Late-Century Bohemia

By Literary Hub | March 28, 2016

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