“Slowly, and then all at once”

“Make Iran Great Again!”

Pahlavi accepts Freedom Prize on Iranians’ behalf as thousands rally in Frankfurt – Iranian exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi accepted Germany’s Freedom Prize for the Iranian people in Frankfurt on Saturday, its first award to a nation rather than a person, and said he would hold it until he could hand it to them in Tehran, as tens of thousands rallied in the city.

Iran’s exiled prince Reza Pahlavi accepted Germany’s Freedom Prize on behalf of the Iranian people in Frankfurt on Saturday, the first time the award has gone to a nation rather than a person, as tens of thousands of Iranians rallied in the city for the uprising at home.

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom presented the 2026 prize at St. Paul’s Church, the seat of Germany’s first elected national assembly in 1848. The foundation, which is affiliated with the liberal Free Democratic Party, has awarded the prize every two years since 2006 to individuals who advance civil society and liberal values. This year it chose a nation.

“That is how dictatorships end: slowly, and then all at once. That day is coming to Iran.”

German of the day: Himmelfahrtskommando

That means suicide mission.

How the Crew of U-672 Survived Their Suicide Mission — In July 1944, U-672 received the suicidal order to attack Allied ships at the mouth of the Seine. A destroyer damaged the submarine, but its crew managed to escape. The wreck has now been discovered in the English Channel…

On July 18, U-672 was spotted by the British frigate HMS “Balfour” and attacked with Hedgehog launchers loaded with 24 grenades. The submarine sprang a leak, but the crew managed to keep it submerged until nightfall. Lawaetz then gave the order to surface and abandon the submarine. He and the engineering officer were the last to leave the submarine, after destroying the Enigma cipher machine and opening the flood valves. Drifting in rubber dinghies, the crew was picked up by Allied ships. All 52 crew members were taken alive to a British prisoner-of-war camp.

I hope Hitler’s guests got out in time

Sheesh. Airbnb this is not.

Suspect arrested as fire engulfs Nazi guest house ‘Eagle’s Nest’, German police say – German police said they had detained a ​suspect after fire broke out at ‌a historic mountain guest house known as the “Eagle’s Nest”, used as a retreat by Nazi ​officials, including the dictator Adolf ​Hitler.

Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel ⁠in the area around Berchtesgaden in ​the southern region of Bavaria were battling ​the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.

One Day of German Unity, please

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!

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…

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

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

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.