Category Archives: History

One Day of German Unity, please

October 3, 2026 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, History, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

But hold the unity.

“We’ve been building walls for far too long”: What is the mood regarding German reunification after the elections?

Following election victories in the east by the AfD – a party classified by some as far-right—here’s what the mood is like today among native East Germans who now live in the area…

Angela Merkel’s “We can do it” may be a cliché, but it’s important to stand together. “But you shouldn’t tell voters what to do; that doesn’t go over well, especially with people in the new federal states.”

He should spend the rest of his life in prison!

September 25, 2026 By in Hard Facts, History, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

With no chance of parole!

105-year-old investigated for crimes at Nazi PoW camp in Germany – German prosecutors are investigating a man aged 105 over allegations that he was an accessory to multiple counts of murder at a Nazi prisoner of war camp in World War Two.

The suspect is alleged to have been a camp guard at Stalag 326 VI K in Senne in northwestern Germany.

A similar case had also been under way involving a second former camp guard at Senne, Dortmund public prosecutor Sonja Frodermann said in a statement.

That suspect died a few months ago at the age of 99, she said.

Realizing that meaningful political reform was simply not possible in Germania…

September 1, 2026 By in Hard Facts, History Tags: , , , Leave a comment

The Romans cut their losses and left.

Roman town in Germany was abandoned after only two generations, archaeologists find – Archaeologists studying a Roman planned town near Neuenstadt am Kocher in Germany think the settlement lasted only about two generations.

The Roman settlement dates to the 2nd or 3rd century CE. Romans laid out the town as a planned settlement near the Kocher River. Archaeologists have studied the site since 2003 to learn more about its size, layout, and purpose.

German of the day: Aufgetaucht

August 7, 2026 By in Hard Facts, History Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means surfaced, emerged, turned up.

World War II Bomb Defused in Cologne-Deutz – Road Closures Lifted.

An unexploded bomb from World War II was found in the Rhine in Deutz on Wednesday. The bomb was defused on Thursday.

After an unexploded bomb from World War II was found in Cologne-Deutz on Wednesday, the American five-zentner bomb was successfully defused on Thursday evening…

Low Water Levels: Do Not Touch Suspicious Objects – Although the low water levels in the Rhine are currently causing problems for shipping, they facilitated recovery efforts.

The Night of the Living Dead Pants

May 25, 2026 By in High Art, History Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Tote Hose (dead pants) means “nothing going on” in German.

But nothing going on keeps going on. Rest in peace already.

The death of German punk? Die Toten Hosen go on one last thrash – Over 44 years, the Düsseldorf band has gone from hellraising to becoming a cherished fixture of the mainstream, closing off with their final album this week.

Move troops from Germany to the Pole position?

May 10, 2026 By in Hard Facts, History Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Makes sense to me.

rump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw should not “poach” troops from allies.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year.

“Poland would like that,” Trump told journalists on Friday when asked about the prospect. “We have a great relationship with Poland. I have a great relationship with the president. … I like him a lot, so that’s possible.”

Sorry, but do you really need a search tool for that?

April 16, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, History, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

It would be much more efficient to develop a search tool to find the tiny handful of ancestors who weren’t in the party.

New online search tool in Germany reveals if ancestors were Nazi Party members – In partnership with American and German archives, the weekly ‘Die Zeit’ has launched a searchable tool granting access to more than 12 million documents, cataloging the bulk of Nazi Party (NSDAP) memberships from 1925 to 1945.