Habermas, the philosopher who shaped Germany's post-war conscience

By Friederike Heine BERLIN, March 14 (Reuters) - Juergen Habermas, best-known for his theory of political consensus-building, ...
The Columbian

80 years after World War II, Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers

HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black ...

550-pound WWII bomb defused after thousands evacuated

The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.
The Atlantic

The New German War Machine

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...
The New York Times

After 1945, Germany Constrained Its Army. He’s Trying to Revive It.

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow. By Christopher ...