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The Lost History of East Germany
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAt the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to...
How to Find the Best Wines from Germany
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom rave-worthy Riesling to weighty, complex Pinot Noir, German wine has much to offer. Jorg Greuel / Getty Images Profoundly complex and expressive of...
Achtung, baby: Is Jenny Erpenbeck's tale of doomed romance the new Great German Novel?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJenny Erpenbeck's novel 'Kairos' clocks a romance between a man of 58 and a 19-year-old woman in the dying years of East Germany. That's not even the interesting part
Inside the former communist utopia about to become an EU Capital of Culture
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSitting in the penthouse bar of the Congress Hotel in Chemnitz, looking down at the bleak modern...
14 tourist attractions that epically flopped
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFatal attractions ZUMA Press Inc/Alamy Stock Photo If you build it, there is a chance they might not come. At least, that’s what happened with many of...
A failed war helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now Putin's failing war in Ukraine might set Russia...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoviet troops cross into Uzbekistan during the withdrawal from Afghanistan on February 6,...
What countries are in NATO? Understand the alliance and how it relates to Russia, Ukraine
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Google searches for NATO spiked. Not long...
Here's what happens to a victimized child when the singular focus is on saving babies
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHello from Ohio, where the same Republicans who insist that every pregnancy must result in the birth...
These joyful photographs of Scouts show a sense of belonging and freedom
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn sun-dappled scenes shot across the German countryside, boys and girls in navy Scout uniforms hike...
They Told Him to Change His Name. Now Crowds Are Shouting It.
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCINCINNATI — It was 16 minutes past noon and the mayor had already downed a shot of orange liqueur mixed with Monster energy drink when the local tailgate tycoon commonly called Bengal Jim handed ...
