Tag Archives: ‘Berlin
WWII-era ammunition found at Tesla factory site near Berlin
Holocaust architect's grave dug up in Berlin
The grave of a top Nazi who helped plan the Holocaust and was assassinated by British-trained agents during World War II has been dug up in Berlin, German police said on Monday. The grave of Reinhard Heydrich was “dug up in the night between Wednesday and Thursday” and an investigation has been opened on charges of disturbing a burial site, a police spokeswoman told AFP. Heydrich was the powerful head of Hitler’s Reich Security Office, which included the Gestapo.
Russia Retaliates by Expelling Two German Diplomats Over Berlin Murder Probe
Germany contradicts Russia over Georgian murdered in Berlin
Germany contradicts Russia over Georgian murdered in Berlin
Germany expels Russian diplomats in probe of Berlin killing
The Berlin Wall: Then and now — 30 years later
Sauna and oysters: Merkel recalls Berlin Wall fall
Like every Thursday night back then, Angela Merkel was relaxing in an East Berlin sauna on the night of November 9, 1989 as the Berlin Wall fell, dreaming of tasting oysters in the West. The future chancellor of Germany was indulging in a favourite German winter pastime on the night that led to German reunification. “Every Thursday, I would go to the sauna with a friend,” Merkel, in power since 2005, recounted to Berlin schoolchildren a few years ago.
