Germany

Police light on a parking civil car of the german police

'Perfume Cloud' Helps German Police Sniff Out Drunk Driver

His strong scent left an unmistakable trail

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (r, CDU), Federal Minister of Defence and CDU Federal Chairwoman, are talking at the beginning of the session of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. Getty—Kay Nietfeld

A Far Right Scandal Pushed Merkel's Successor to Resign. Here's How That Could Change Germany's Political Future

It's been a shaky week in German politics after Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...

It's been a shaky week in German politics after Chancellor Angela Merkel's handpicked successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (also known as AKK), resigned as leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) on Monday. Her decision to step...

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, chair of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 7, 2020.

Angela Merkel's Designated Successor Quits After Regional Vote Fiasco

Germany is scheduled to hold its next general election in 2021 and Merkel h...

Germany is scheduled to hold its next general election in 2021 and Merkel has said she will not run

This spring 1943 photo provided by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shows a group of auxiliary guards at the Nazi death camp Sobibor in German-occupied Poland. A Holocaust historian said researchers concluded that John Demjanjuk, the retired Ohio auto worker who was tried in Germany for his alleged time as a Sobibor guard, is presumably depicted in this photo.

Nazis' Sobibor Death Camp Photos May Feature John Demjanjuk, Historians Say

Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio auto worker, was tried for his alleged time as a ...

Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio auto worker, was tried for his alleged time as a Sobibor guard

Police at the scene after shots were fired in Rot Am See, Germany on Jan. 24, 2020.

6 Killed, Several Injured in Germany Shooting

A suspect has been arrested and no further suspects are believed to be at l...

A suspect has been arrested and no further suspects are believed to be at large, police say

A man attacks the Berlin Wall with a pickaxe on the night of Nov. 9, 1989 as news spread rapidly that the East German Government would now start granting exit visas to anyone who wanted to go to the West.

'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell

By midnight, the checkpoints were completely overrun

Crowds atop the Berlin Wall on the morning after it fell, Nov. 10, 1989.

East Germans Were Welcomed to the West With Free Money. Here’s What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his han...

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his hand. “It was special to even touch this money,” he recalls. “It felt solid. The East German mark was thinner, flimsier.”...