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Sybille Sarah von Sell Niemöller, the widow of famed German theologian Martin Niemöller who resisted the Nazis before and during World War II, died Sunday morning at her home in Doylestown. She was 99 ...
A recent biography of the German preacher and leader of the Peasants’s War examines what remains radical about the short-lived rebellion he led. The German reformer Thomas Muntzer (1491–1525) and his ...
I came of age in Germany during the 1970s. We studied history six hours a week during the last three years in high school. I learned about the horrific time, from 1930-1945, when the Nazis took power ...
Mr. Freedland is a columnist for The Guardian and the author of the forthcoming “The Traitor’s Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany — and the Spy Who Betrayed Them.” ...
Polling boxes were opened throughout Germany last week for a preliminary referendum to determine whether a subsequent referendum shall be held on the question of whether property belonging to the ...
A sketch of groups of peasants wandering around the countryside during the German Peasants' War. Warwick Press via Wikimedia Commons. Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of ...
“Quiet in the hog sty!” bellowed Prussian Communists. “Silence in the robbers’ den!” roared Prussian Fascists. Amid stentorian shouts for stillness, all proceedings in the Prussian Landtag were ...