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IKEA Paying $6.5M to Compensate Prisoners for Forced Labor

Company is putting money into fund Germany is establishing

(Newser) - In what CNN is describing as a "landmark move," IKEA will pay about $6.5 million to compensate the former prisoners who were forced to build furniture for the company in communist East Germany during the Cold War era. The money will be put in a government fund...

Far-Right Party Wants to Buy 'Haunted' Nazi Castle

Germany's AfD plans to use Sanatorium Schwarzeck as a 'patriotic center'

(Newser) - Germany's far-right AfD party is trying to get its hands on a crumbling castle long rumored to be haunted. The Nazis used the Sanatorium Schwarzeck in eastern Germany as a training academy for Luftwaffe pilots, the Telegraph reports The building, later used by East Germany's Communist government, fell...

Cops: Pizzeria's No. 40 Came With Cocaine

They say it was one of the best-selling pizzas at German restaurant

(Newser) - "The number 40 was one of the best-selling pizzas" at a pizzeria in western Germany, police say, and it wasn't because of the toppings. Police say they broke up a drug ring after learning that customers who asked for the No. 40 received a side order of cocaine....

She's the Princess on Alito's Disclosure Form

Gloria von Thurn und Taxis of Germany has befriended the justice and his wife

(Newser) - The New York Times has gotten to the bottom of an unusual item on the most recent financial disclosure form of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. It read: "Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. Concert tickets. $900." Alito, however, declined to shed light when asked by reporters about it....

Brand-New Fire Station Burns Down
Brand-New
Fire Station
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Oct 18, 2024 4:08 AM CDT

Brand-New Fire Station Burns Down

Station in Germany didn't have fire alarm system

(Newser) - A brand-new fire station in Germany that was destroyed in a fire did not have a fire alarm system, officias say. The fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed, among other things, the equipment hall and almost a dozen emergency vehicles, German...

50 Years Later, Ex-Stasi Officer Is Sentenced

Unnamed 80-year-old gets 10 years for shooting a Polish national in then-divided Germany

(Newser) - An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling that there was no...

Germans Not Happy With New Rules on 'Idiot's Apostrophe'

Or would that be 'idiots apostrophe' in German?

(Newser) - Worldly punctuation pros know that Germans typically don't use an apostrophe to indicate the possessive—meaning it's correct to write "Newsers readers," not "Newser's readers." According to the Council for German Orthography, however, which dictates grammar for schools and other public institutions in...

The Dark Nazi Ties of Germany's Biggest Fortune
The Dark Nazi Ties of
Germany's Biggest Fortune
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Sep 29, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

The Dark Nazi Ties of Germany's Biggest Fortune

Vanity Fair looks into the family history of Klaus-Michael Kuehne

(Newser) - The richest man in Germany is 87-year-old Klaus-Michael Kuehne, who heads the global transportation empire Kuehne + Nagel and has a fortune pegged at $44 billion by Bloomberg Billionaires Index . Kuehne's grandfather founded the company back in 1890, and a Vanity Fair story explains that the company is the...

In Germany, Tesla Bosses Visit Homes of Workers Out Sick

Factory director says company wants to appeal to their work ethic

(Newser) - Germany's most powerful union is clashing with Tesla over the automaker's decision to send bosses to check up on workers who reported being sick. In recent weeks, managers have visited the homes of around two dozen workers on sick leave from Tesla's gigafactory around 10 miles east...

At This Year's Oktoberfest, a Big Security First

Metal detectors have been added in Munich after attack in Germany city of Solingen in August

(Newser) - Germany's Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon local time on Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated at the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs...

'I Looked at the Window and Saw a Ball of Fire'

Woman dies after Ukraine launches what's said to be largest drone strike on Moscow since war began

(Newser) - Ukraine has reportedly launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital since war erupted between the countries two and a half years ago. Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 144 Ukrainian drones were shot down around the country amid a wave of overnight attacks. "Half were in...

Egypt Wants Its Nefertiti Bust Returned

Zahi Hawass starts a petition to that end

(Newser) - Nefertiti is one of Egypt's most famous queens. An equally famous bust of her resides a continent away—and Egypt is seeking to change that. The 3,400-year-old bust has been on display at Berlin's Neues Museum since 2009; it's been in Germany's possession far longer....

German Police Shoot Armed Man Near Israeli Consulate

Incident happened on 52nd anniversary of Munich Olympics attack

(Newser) - Police in Munich exchanged fire with a man in an area near a museum on the city's Nazi-era history and the Israeli Consulate on Thursday. The suspect was wounded. According to a police spokesperson, officers noticed a person carrying a "long gun" in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich,...

Far-Right German Party's Win Causes 'Deep Concern'

Alternative for Germany wins one state election, finishes in close second in another

(Newser) - A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country's east on Sunday, and it looked set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote. The new Sahra Wagenknecht alliance, or BSW, founded by a...

26-Year-Old Man Surrenders to German Cops in Knife Attack

He is reportedly a Syrian refugee who was living in Solingen, 'stated that he was responsible'

(Newser) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city's 650th anniversary. Reuters reports that he is a Syrian man who came from a home for...

Islamic State Says It Carried Out Festival Stabbings in Revenge

German police search for attacker, arrest 15-year-old suspected of knowing crime was planned

(Newser) - The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for stabbings the night before in Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others. Without providing evidence, the Guardian reports, the group posted on its Telegram account that the attack was carried out by one of its members "in revenge for...

German Police Hunt Attacker Who Stabbed at Random

Police report 3 were killed and 4 seriously wounded during city festival

(Newser) - A man stabbed passersby at random at a festival marking a German city's 650th anniversary on Friday night, leaving three people dead and four seriously wounded. Police launched a manhunt for the attacker, Deutsche Welle reports. The stabbings took place in the central square of Solingen, a city of...

Security Stepped Up Due to 'Potential Threat' at NATO Base

Nonessential staff at air base in Germany sent home

(Newser) - Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a "potential threat," and all staff not essential to missions have been sent home as a precaution, NATO said. The Geilenkirchen air base, near the border with the Netherlands, is...

Ferris Wheel Fire Injures More Than 20

Fire breaks out on ride at German music festival

(Newser) - Terror at a German music festival Saturday night, where a ferris wheel caught fire, injuring more than 20 people. It's not clear what caused the fire at the Highfield Festival near the city of Leipzig, but images of the scene showed two of the ride's gondolas or carriages...

Report: Germany Zeroes in on Diver in Nord Stream Probe

An arrest warrant was reportedly issued for a Ukrainian diving instructor over the 2022 attack

(Newser) - Russia and Western nations have been pointing the finger at each other since September 2022, when explosions hit the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which carry gas from Russia to Germany. German prosecutors now reportedly have a suspect in their sights: A trio of German media outlets on...

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