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At the Königin Luise Schule in Cologne, Germany, students watch as 'Stumbling Stone' memorials are installed for Holocaust victims who were expelled by the school during Nazi rule (courtesy)
May 6, 2024, 8:32 am
German students research fates of their school’s Jews to bring Nazi-era horrors home
Against backdrop of October 7 massacres and surge in global antisemitism, US consultant Terry Mandel visits Germany to expand award-winning Holocaust memory project based in Cologne
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: Little three month old elephant Leev Ma Rie walks under her mother at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, October 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
January 7, 2023, 1:25 am
German zoo receives first installment of $26m gift from Holocaust survivor’s widow
Elizabeth Reichert left funds in her will for the Cologne Zoological Garden, explaining her husband Arnulf ‘wanted to give the money someplace where it would do good’
By David I. Klein
Illustrative: Men wearing kippas are seen at the synagogue in Halle, eastern Germany, on October 10, 2019, one day after the antisemitic attack where two people were shot dead. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
August 24, 2021, 12:55 am
Man wearing kippa beaten by a group of 10 in Cologne, Germany
Police arrest two teenage suspects in apparent antisemitic hate crime; victim leaves hospital after overnight treatment
By Toby Axelrod
A tram featuring Star of David stickers pulls up to a halt in Cologne, Germany, October 21, 2020. (Courtesy of Synagogue Community Cologne via JTA)
October 24, 2020, 10:06 am
Cologne tram decorated to celebrate 1,700 years of German Jewish life
Star of David and ‘shalom’ stickers put on vehicle ahead of celebrations next year to mark anniversary of first documented Jewish presence in Germany in 321 CE
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A carnival float depicts a racist with a gun in his mouth , reading 'from words to action' during the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on February 24, 2020. (Martin Meissner/AP)
February 24, 2020, 6:02 pm
German Carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of deadly gun attack
Floats for parades in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz and elsewhere are notorious for their no-holds-barred satire; this year some roasted anti-migrant sentiment
By AP
Brothers Patric and Frank Levy, aboard their float at the Cologne carnival, or Rosenmontag, in 2019. (Toby Axelrod)
March 22, 2019, 6:28 am
German Jews go all in with a Catholic Carnival tradition
For the first time since the 1930s, when the Nazis forbade Jewish participation in the festivities, a Jewish club marches in Cologne, joining the revelry under its own banner
By Toby Axelrod
Revellers in a red spotlight celebrate the start of the carnival season in the streets of Cologne, Germany, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
February 7, 2019, 9:48 am
Booted by Nazis, Jewish group with unfortunate KKK name returns to Cologne
Seven decades ago, Hitler banned the Kleines Kolner Klub from the German city’s festive Carnival; now they’re back (and still using the initials)
By JTA
Police special forces at the hostage-taking at the main railway station in Cologne, western Germany, on October 15, 2018. (Oliver Berg / dpa / AFP)
October 15, 2018, 10:36 pm
German police ‘not ruling out terror’ motive in Cologne hostage-taking
Suspect, badly wounded when police stormed train station, claims to be member of Islamic State; officials believe he is a Syrian immigrant
By AFP
Protestors attend a demonstration called 'Erdogan not welcome' on the banks of the river Rhine in Cologne, prior to the visit of the Turkish President to Cologne, where he is to inaugurate one of Europe's largest mosques, on September 29, 2018. (AFP / SASCHA SCHUERMANN)
September 29, 2018, 4:15 pm
Rival rallies as Turkey’s Erdogan opens mega mosque in Cologne
German police deploy in force as demonstrations draw thousands of supporters and critics of visiting Turkish president
By Michelle Fitzpatrick
A display at a German bookstore in Cologne reading 'Abortion will set you free,' likening abortion to the Holocaust. (Rheinisches antifaschistisches Bündnis gegen Antisemitismus/Carla Baum)
September 25, 2018, 5:52 pm
Lawsuit filed against German bookstore for likening abortion to the Holocaust
Abortion will set you free’ display, spoofing Auschwitz slogan, relativizes Nazi crimes and is ‘totally disgusting,’ MP says
By Toby Axelrod
On September 27, 2017, Beatrix von Storch, leadership member of Germany's hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, arrives for a meeting of the AfD's parliamentary group at the Marie-Elisabeth-Lueders-Haus parliamentary building in Berlin.(AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)
January 2, 2018, 7:47 pm
German far-right MP accused of incitement for anti-Muslim tweet
Beatrix von Storch under fire for asking if Arabic police message was meant to placate ‘barbaric, Muslim, gang-raping hordes of men’
By AFP
Policemen patrol on New Year's Eve at the Cologne Cathedral and main train station in Germany, on December 31, 2016. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP)
December 30, 2017, 1:45 pm
Berlin to have ‘safety zone’ for women at New Year celebrations
Move comes following mass assaults two years ago at Cologne carried out by groups consisting mostly of migrants; police union head warns plan sends ‘devastating message’
By ToI Staff and AP
Compound eyes of a modern-day bee. (Gewoldi/iStock, by Getty Images)
December 10, 2017, 9:38 am
‘Oldest-ever eye’ revealed in 530-million-year-old fossil
Ocean-dwelling creature could make out predators and obstacles; had compound eyes similar to today’s bees, but no lenses
By Sue Surkes
Elephants at the Cologne Zoological Garden (CC BY 2.0 Marco Verch/Wikipedia).
September 1, 2017, 5:25 pm
US woman, 93, gives $22m to German zoo, for survivor husband
Elizabeth Reichert says she wanted to give back to city where she met her Jewish husband, a Holocaust survivor
By AFP
Illustrative: An easyJet airliner on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 11, 2017, 5:03 pm
No explosives found on easyJet plane diverted to Germany
Passengers reported hearing 3 British men on London-bound flight talking about an alleged terror attack
By AFP
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