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The Artists Questioning Nostalgia for East Germany’s Past
Contemporary works are casting a new light on sentimentality for Communism.
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Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”
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Germany Has a Problem
BERLIN — In the heat of debate about Germany sending tanks to Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that just two months ago, the authorities arrested 25 people for planning a radical right-wing coup to overthrow the German government. The would-be insurgents ...
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Germany says it will allow the export of older Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.
BERLIN — Germany has agreed to allow the export of its Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Friday, creating an opportunity for increased tank transfers to Ukraine as battles intensify in the country’s east. The Leopard 1 ...
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Ukraine War Accelerates Shift of Power in Europe to the East
The war has raised the influence of Central and Eastern European countries with negative views of Russia, amplified calls to expand the E.U. and NATO, and dimmed the power of France and Germany.
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Germany’s chancellor faced pressure at home and abroad over sending Ukraine tanks.
The debate over providing Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was something of a test for Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, with some German politicians and European leaders arguing that Berlin was not only missing a chance for leadership in Europe, but also ...
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Your Wednesday Briefing
More advanced weaponry for Ukraine.
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A decision on sending tanks to Ukraine will come soon, the German defense minister says.
Berlin will soon make a decision on whether to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the German defense minister said on Tuesday, maintaining a position that has frustrated some NATO allies and the government in Kyiv, which says that it urgently needs the ...
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Can Germany Be a Great Military Power Again?
Listen to This Article Audio Recording by AudmTo hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Under a blazing July sun, Anne Katrin Meister prepared to fire a Heckler & Koch G36, the ...
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What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine?
The U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, met with his newly named German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in Berlin on Thursday, with Germany under pressure to authorize sending German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine from other European nations ...