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October 11, 2019, 11:06 pm

Stephan Balliet confesses to German synagogue attack, admits anti-Semitic motive

Lawyer says his client, who killed 2 people in Yom Kippur shooting, stands by his actions: ‘He blames others for his own misery and that’s what ultimately triggered his action’

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finland's Prime Minister Antti Rinne (3rdL) walk after listening to the national anthems during a welcoming ceremony with military honours at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 10, 2019. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

July 10, 2019, 3:58 pm

Germany’s Merkel says she’s ‘very well’ despite third shaking spell

Officials in Berlin suggest psychological impact of previous incidents responsible for 64-year-old chancellor’s subsequent episode

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A cemetery staff member lets down a box with the remains of political prisoners of the Nazi regime in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

May 14, 2019, 1:33 am

Microscopic remains of Nazi victims studied by German doctor buried in Berlin

Hermann Stieve kept tissue samples taken from hundreds of female resistance fighters killed in Berlin prison for his medical research

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Two visitors in front of the paintings 'Junges Paar' (l), and 'Diskussion' of German painter Emil Nolde, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art -- confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

April 12, 2019, 10:40 pm

Merkel returns two Nolde paintings after exhibition exposes Nazi links

German expressionist painter was once seen as victim of Hitler’s regime, but new show in Berlin revealed him to be an enthusiastic Nazi supporter

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Federal spokesman of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alexander Gauland speaks during the party congress of the party's youth party "Junge Alternative" in Seebach, eastern Germany, on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Alexander Prautzsch)

October 10, 2018, 5:06 pm

German historians accuse far-right chief of echoing Hitler

Experts say column by AfD party’s Gauland assailing the ‘globalized class’ for threatening his ‘homeland’ strikingly similar to Nazi leader’s 1933 speech demonizing Jews

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Riot police following the cancellation of a city festival on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national died in the hospital following a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)

August 27, 2018, 4:47 pm

Merkel condemns ‘hunting down’ of foreigners as far-right calls new protest

Counter-demonstration also announced following riot in Chemnitz over killing of German national by ‘several people of different nationalities’

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June 17, 2018, 12:01 pm

On a bike, ex-child refugee retraces escape from Nazi Germany

Paul Alexander, 81, will pedal 600 miles with son, grandson and 39 others to pay tribute to Kindertransport program that saved thousands of Jewish children

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Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

June 9, 2018, 2:19 am

Outrage in Germany, and questions for police, after murder, rape of Jewish girl

Efforts underway to have suspect in killing of Susanna Feldman sent back from Iraq to face trial; case raises fresh doubts about Berlin’s policy toward migrants

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference on November 27, 2017, in Berlin, following a meeting with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership. (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)

March 12, 2018, 12:06 pm

Some Germans fear nationalist resurgence with new ‘homeland’ ministry

Government launches new ‘Heimat,’ or homeland, ministry; term loaded with happiness connotations, but also with memories of Nazi-era past, causing controversy

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President of the German Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) Bruno Kahl (L) leaves after a meeting with members of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr) at the parliament in Berlin after Russian hackers infiltrated Germany's foreign and interior ministries' online networks, March 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / DPA / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT)

March 1, 2018, 8:07 pm

Cyber attack ‘ongoing’ against German government network

Russian hackers who attacked parliament’s IT system in 2015 believed behind new assault on broader network that includes foreign and interior ministries

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German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel cheers after delivering her speech during the party's congress on February 26, 2018 in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Stefanie Loos)

February 26, 2018, 9:31 pm

Merkel wins party backing for coalition, while vowing renewal

German chancellor, 63, to be oldest member of new cabinet, which is ‘future oriented’ and includes critics from right

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Metal roofing sheets from a supermarket blocking a road in Menden, western Germany, as the region is hit by the storm named 'Friederike,' January 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/dpa/Markus Kluemper/Germany OUT)

January 19, 2018, 1:35 am

Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe

Rail services face heavy disruptions, flights scrapped due to hurricane-force winds across continent; Israel airline diverts air traffic amid heavy rains and wind lashing

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This photo taken on July 1, 2015 shows defendant and German former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany, ahead of his trial. (2017. / AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN)

December 29, 2017, 2:31 pm

‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, loses appeal against jail

Court rejects claim imprisonment would violate ‘right to life’ for ex-Nazi SS guard Oskar Groening, an accessory to 300,000 murders

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Women covered with Israeli (L) and Polish flags (R) pay their respect at the memorial shift for the victims of the 2016 deadly truck attack at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche during the commemorations marking one year after it occurred, on December 19, 2017 in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)

December 19, 2017, 10:48 pm

A year after Christmas market attack, Germany admits failings

‘They have not even tried to listen to us, to understand our needs,’ says brother-in-law of Israeli woman killed in ramming attack

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This combination of file photos on December 1, 2017 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Martin Schulz, leader of Germany's social democrat SPD party. (AFP/Odd Andersen, AFP/Tobias Schwarz)

December 1, 2017, 4:01 pm

Schulz ready for tense talks with Merkel on ending German impasse

Merkel’s bid to form a coalition with the ecologist Greens and pro-business FDP fell apart last month, leaving the European giant in limbo

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