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NEWS ABOUT: Germans

Germans stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Hitler's autobiography-manifesto Mein Kampf has been strictly banned in Germany since the end of World War II, but a proposal to reprint it has the endorsement of the country's leading Jewish organization, among other groups, reports the Independent. "A historically critical edition needs to be prepared today to prevent... More »

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Germany • Jews • Germans • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • Third Reich • ban • Mein Kampf

 Lightning-Rod W. German Cop 
 Unmasked as Stasi Spy 

Revelation likened to discovering Kent State shooters were KGB agents

May 27, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The West German cop whose shooting of an unarmed protester in 1967 changed the country forever has been unmasked as an East German spy by historians going through Stasi files, the New York Times reports. The shooting sparked a wide, sometimes violent left-wing protest movement many believe spawned Germany's current... More »

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Germany • Germans • East Germany • Stasi • West Germany • spies

OPINION

Pope's German Honeymoon
Is Kaput

Bungling over rebel bishop squandered nation's pride in pontiff

Feb 5, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The first German pope in nearly 500 years has lost the confidence of Germans as swiftly as a collapsing mortgage lender, Alexander Smoltcyzk writes in Der Spiegel. The scandal surrounding the reinstatement of Holocaust denying Bishop Richard Williamson has done lasting damage to the pope's authority and reputation, replacing the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Germany • Holocaust • Germans • Catholics • Richard Williamson

GLOSSIES

Germans Can't See Forest of
US Culture for the Trees

Media machine distorts view, author finds

Jun 30, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - German college students aren't impressed with American culture—they're not even sure it exists, author Chuck Klosterman finds at the outset of a teaching stint in Leipzig. "The proliferation of media has made it virtually impossible to tell the difference between a) what information is unilaterally interesting," Klosterman... More »

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Germany • Germans • pop culture • columnists • Esquire • opinion • Chuck Klosterman • University of Leipzig

Moscow Gay Rights Activists Arrested After Bloody Melee

Activists were petitioning for the right to hold a gay-pride parade

May 28, 07 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gay-rights protesters petitioning the mayor of Moscow to lift the ban on gay-pride parades  yesterday were punched and kicked by anti-gay extremists shouting "death to homosexuals."  About 20 protesters were detained by police. More »

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Russia • gay rights • Moscow • Germans • protests • Britain

German Firm Buys Tuscan Hamlet

Five remaining Italians see red (and yellow and black) as Goths invade

May 25, 07 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German company has bought up an entire town in Northern Italy, with plans to convert it into a giant "holiday world" resort. The Guardian reports that Hanover-based tour giant TUI payed upwards of $340 million for the 13th-century Tuscan village of Tenuta di Castelfalfi, whose crumbling ramparts, squares... More »

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travel • Italy • Tuscany • Germans • Northern Italy • TUI • Tenuta di Castelfalfi

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