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National affairs Peter Browne 16 December 2024 2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 1 November 2024 A Lutheran pastor introduced to remote communities a different way of thinking about schooling for Aboriginal children Correspondents Klaus Neumann 1 October 2024 Why have Germans suddenly joined the far right in opposing immigrants? Books & arts Klaus Neumann 30 August 2024 An 800-page book and a four-hour film raise uncomfortable questions about an enduring Nazi past Books & arts Andrew Bonnell 23 August 2024 Harald Jähner traces the forces and emotions that shaped the Weimar Republic
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 6 February 2024 What’s behind the biggest protests in recent German history?
Books & arts Klaus Neumann 8 May 2023 Who’s in and who’s out in the new Germany? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 March 2023 Our correspondent casts a critical eye over an emerging German peace movement Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 September 2021 Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties Correspondents Klaus Neumann 14 September 2021 In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 31 August 2021 Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election
From the archive Klaus Neumann 7 May 2021 The centenary of the birth of Sophie Scholl, the Munich student executed in 1943, prompts reflections on the legacy of Germany’s anti-Nazi resistance Correspondents Klaus Neumann 20 April 2021 A Jew in Nazi Germany, a communist in Robert Menzies’s Australia, an Australian in East Germany — the remarkable life of Walter Kaufmann Correspondents Klaus Neumann 13 April 2021 Our correspondent detects parallels between the fortunes of German football and the travails of the Merkel government Correspondents Klaus Neumann 28 March 2021 What two men tell us about the evolution of German right-wing populism
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 15 December 2020 A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases shows how a small minority is exercising outsized influence in Germany
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 18 November 2020 Black Lives Matter, a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene” Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus Correspondents Klaus Neumann 19 February 2020 An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics Correspondents Klaus Neumann 4 February 2020 Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 2 September 2019 A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state
Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 July 2019 Has Italy’s far-right interior minister met his match in this young woman with an astonishing impact? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 16 April 2019 A decade ago, that distinctive national mood seemed to have died out. And then came the rise of far-right populism Correspondents Tom Bamforth 14 November 2018 A visit to a refugee camp in a conservative district of Berlin reveals successful efforts to understand and accommodate Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 August 2018 Why did Mesut Özil, one of the most talented footballers of his generation, decide to quit playing for his home country?
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 7 April 2018 Books | A remarkable novel by a one-time internee in Australia has attracted critical acclaim in Germany
International Paul ’t Hart 12 March 2018 Even in modern Germany, government maladministration can have tragic effects International Klaus Neumann 22 December 2017 As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead Essays & reportage Mathew Turner 14 November 2017 Controversy has erupted in Germany over the attitudes of key researchers at the Institute for Contemporary History in the 1950s. But does the evidence support the critics’ case? Correspondents Klaus Neumann 12 September 2017 A sedate contest between the major parties contrasts with the passion evoked on the far right