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International The Germany of 2017 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 Historians’ disgrace? 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? International The stamina of Angela Merkel Klaus Neumann 12 September 2017 A sedate contest between the major parties contrasts with the passion evoked on the far right International Up against Angela Merkel, a Social Democrat wants to talk about refugees Klaus Neumann 25 July 2017 The debate of 2015 is being revived by a candidate for chancellor in September’s election

Is Germany able to do this? Klaus Neumann 29 October 2015 In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis, Klaus Neumann reports from the German–Austrian border Germany divided Klaus Neumann 27 October 2015 Twenty-five years after reunification, the mass arrival of refugees in recent weeks has exposed old and new fault lines, writes Klaus Neumann Merkel’s high-stakes stand Klaus Neumann 19 October 2015 German chancellor Angela Merkel has shaken off a reputation for indecisiveness, writes Klaus Neumann. But can she hold the line on asylum seekers as circumstances change? Europe’s, and Britain’s, migration fix David Hayes 8 September 2015 An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes David Hayes in London

Books & arts Christopher Clark’s Sleepwalkers and the Germans. A misunderstanding? Andreas Wirsching 5 August 2014 An Australian historian’s reappraisal of the origins of the first world war has provoked enormous interest in Germany, writes Andreas Wirsching. But the debate… Books & arts Remarkable acts of courage Sara Dowse 31 July 2014 Two books about the second world war show that humans are capable of lifting ourselves out of the mire Essays & reportage Germany on song Klaus Neumann 24 July 2014 Germany and its football team have evolved in tandem over the past six-and-a-half decades. Klaus Neumann traces the story from the 1954 “Miracle of Bern” to… International We are here to stay Klaus Neumann 5 November 2013 Africans living under the shadow of removal in Hamburg have been able to articulate their own agenda, writes Klaus Neumann, and football fans and residents are backing them