German Scholar Found His Own Mother in the Nazi Party Files
A German political scientist who spent his career studying Nazi Party membership records made a personal discovery he never expected: his own mother’s name was…
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81 Years Later, Nazi Camp Victims’ Watches Come Home to Greece
Four Greek families are receiving personal belongings taken from their relatives by the Nazis, in a ceremony held June 25 at Greece’s Ministry of Foreign…
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Turkish-Born Man Shoots 6 Dead at German Child Welfare Office Over Custody Dispute
A 45-year-old Turkish-born man shot and killed six people Monday at a child welfare facility in Stade, Germany, after showing up for a scheduled custody…
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How Greece Took This Greek City in 1913 With Empty Ships and a Bluff
On June 26, 1913, three Greek warships landed armed detachments in Kavala and took the city from Bulgarian forces without firing a single shot. The operation…
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GEK TERNA and Rheinmetall Sign Defense Deal to Build Weapons in Greece
Greece is getting its own domestic weapons production line. GEK TERNA, one of Greece’s largest infrastructure and energy groups, has signed a binding long-term…
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A Man From Thessaloniki Walked 2,200km From Germany to Greece in 77 Days
A 36-year-old man from Thessaloniki completed a 2,200-kilometer walk from Cologne, Germany to his home city on Sunday, June 14, finishing the journey in 77…
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Men, Women, and Infants: The 1944 Massacre Greece Can’t Get Justice For
Eighty-two years ago today, on June 10, 1944, Waffen-SS troops from the 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Division stormed the village of Distomo in Boeotia and killed…
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France and Germany Just Cancelled Europe’s $100B Fighter Jet
France and Germany have officially cancelled the Future Combat Air System, a joint European next-generation fighter jet program a decade in the making and…
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The German Cemetery in Crete That Neo-Nazis Still Visit Every Year
Eighty-five years ago today, Nazi forces completed their occupation of Crete following Operation Mercury, the largest airborne invasion in military history up…
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A Greece-Germany-Turkey Project Maps Shared Histories of Migration Through Music
A new international cultural project launching June 3 in Athens aims to trace the shared histories of migration, exile, and cultural exchange across Greece…
