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By Brittany Allen | October 10, 2025

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Tamar Shapiro: “I owe this book to my mother. It is not about her, and yet she is on every page.”

By Tamar Shapiro | October 1, 2025

How the German Peasants’ War Exposed 16th-Century Europe’s Fragile Foundations

How the German Peasants’ War Exposed 16th-Century Europe’s Fragile Foundations

From Lyndal Roper's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Summer of Fire and Blood”

By Lyndal Roper | September 25, 2025

How the Brothers Grimm Became Martyrs to Academic Freedom

How the Brothers Grimm Became Martyrs to Academic Freedom

Maria Hummel on the Contemporary Echoes of a 19th Century Power Struggle Between Professors, Students, and the State

By Maria Hummel | May 28, 2025

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Daniel Brook on Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld a Queer Pioneer of the Study of Human Sexuality

By Daniel Brook | May 14, 2025

How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

The Author of "Happier Far" Reflects on Racism and the Religious Experience of Underwater Immersion

By Diane Mehta | March 17, 2025

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On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

By A.J. Goldmann | January 15, 2025

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

By Witold Rybczynski | October 8, 2024

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

By Jeffrey M. Pilcher | September 30, 2024

How an Eccentric Doctor Began His Quest For Utopia in Weimar Berlin

How an Eccentric Doctor Began His Quest For Utopia in Weimar Berlin

Abbott Kahler Tells a Story of Alternative Medicine and Emotional Manipulation on the Eve of Nazi Takeover

By Abbott Kahler | September 26, 2024

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

Harald Jähner on the Economic, Social and Moral Landscape of Weimar Berlin

By Harald Jähner | September 5, 2024

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Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

By Katherine Bucknell | August 26, 2024

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Evan Friss on Hitler’s Attempt to Win Americans Over to His Cause

By Evan Friss | August 21, 2024

"Wrong Winds," a Poem by Ahmad Almallah

"I see the crowds coming to fill / their cups with your darkness."

By Ahmad Almallah | June 20, 2024

The names of 15,000 children killed in Gaza will be read aloud in Berlin tomorrow.

The names of 15,000 children killed in Gaza will be read aloud in Berlin tomorrow.

By Dan Sheehan | May 31, 2024

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

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