Seven states seceded from the Union before James Buchanan left office in 1861, and within months of Lincoln’s inauguration, ...

Germany, France and Poland are aiming to become a driving force for a common European security framework in the face of hybrid threats from Russia. The foreign ministers of the three countries - who ...

The Weimar Germany period is a recurring historical topic. It seems to pop up every few years. But when historians and columnists refer to Weimar Germany, they are usually focused on the years of 1930 ...

Modern Monetary Theory — the dream that we can spend quite a bit more money on such government programs as the Green New Deal, a Universal Basic Income, or similar agenda items merely by printing the ...

This is the seventh in a series of articles on the recent Berlin film festival, the Berlinale, held February 7-17, 2013. Part 1 was posted on February 21, part 2 on February 27, part 3 on March 1, ...

In 1923, the collapse of the Weimar Republic’s economy impoverished millions and gave Adolf Hitler his first chance at seizing power Adam Bisno - Author, Big Business and the Crisis of German ...

While the Weimar Republic is often summarized as a period of "dancing on a volcano" ahead of the Nazi era, cultural historian Sabina Becker tells DW why the period should be revisited for its rich ...

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, has dropped one of its bands after an investigation from German outlet Der Spiegel this week revealed that some of the group’s members ...

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the small Thuringian town of Weimar witnessed a remarkable cultural flowering, attracting many writers and scholars, notably Goethe and Schiller. This ...