Russia's ambassador to Germany, Sergei Nechayev, on Friday laid wreaths at Soviet memorials in Berlin to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Nechayev visited both the huge memorial ...

Eighty years after the lights were plugged into a humming Army generator, the spirit of the “greatest celebration in American ...

On a quiet street corner in Berlin's Mitte district, a bronze statue of a young girl in a traditional Korean dress glitters in the sun. Her fists are clenched, her expression tense. She is seated but ...

BERLIN — It's an iconic image of World War II: Berlin has fallen and Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag. What most people don't realize, however, is that the photograph isn't ...

Michael Brettin and Peter Kroh, trans. from the German by Cindy Opitz. Berlinica (IPS, dist.), $25.95 (220p) ISBN 978-1-935902-02-7 Somber and sobering, the images in this black-and-white collection ...

Nearly 20,000 people will have to be evacuated in Berlin following the discovery of two unexploded Second World War bombs. Around 7,500 residents were told to leave their homes on Thursday evening ...

Thousands of people have been evacuated in central Berlin after two unexploded World War II bombs were found. One of the bombs was found in the River Spree on Thursday, with German police sent door-to ...

Berlin, February, 1947: Two workers repair a Berlin monument that still bears significant scars from World War II. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ ...

During World War II, thousands of Jews evaded the Nazis in Berlin, moving from place to place and taking refuge wherever they could. They called themselves U-boats, a reference to the German naval ...

An unexploded US aerial bomb from World War II was found in central Berlin during construction work on Friday, forcing the evacuation of surrounding city blocks, police said. The 100-kilogramme ...