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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Kerstin Sopke

Far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke, Thuringia's AfD parliamentary group leader, speaks at the special plenary session of the Thuringia state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, January 20, 2021. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP, File)
April 18, 2024, 11:38 am
Prominent figure in German far-right party on trial over alleged use of Nazi slogan
Björn Höcke accused of ending a speech by declaring ‘Everything for Germany!’ while knowing phrase originated with Nazis’ SA stormtroopers; he denies being aware of significance
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
February 17, 2024, 3:21 pm
Zelensky warns of ‘artificial deficit’ of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka
As US House Republicans stonewall aid, Ukrainian president tells Munich summit arms shortage plays into Putin’s hands
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Emmanuel Oyedele, from left, Deborah Samuel, Shalom Odion, Kurrah David and host Christian Vollmann pose for a photo after an interview with The Associated press in Gross Koeris near Berlin, Germany, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
March 8, 2022, 10:13 am
Berliners open their hearts and homes to those fleeing Ukraine conflict
But with 10,000 arriving every day, the German capital will need a more permanent solution to housing and caring for the influx, warns mayor
By Kerstin Sopke and Frank Jordans
In this image provided by the US Air Force, a US Air Force loadmaster, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assists evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/US Air Force via AP)
August 20, 2021, 7:40 pm
Western groups desperate to save Afghan workers in danger after Taliban takeover
European nations pledge to evacuate those at particular risk — feminists, political activists and journalists — but unclear where line being drawn or how many people meet standard
By Colleen Barry and Kerstin Sopke
Historican Martin Cueppers points at a man, presumably former security guard John Demjanjuk, at the Nazi death camp Sobibor during a news conference of newly discovered photos from the Sobibor camp in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 28, 2020, 7:14 pm
Berlin museum unveils photos possibly featuring Demjanjuk at Sobibor death camp
Historians say rare photos of camp — only 2 were previously known — appear to show American tried in Germany for allegedly being a guard there
By Kerstin Sopke and Geir Moulson
In this January 14, 2020 photo the so-called Judensau, or “Jew pig,” sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
January 21, 2020, 7:39 pm
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic
Controversial sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg, where Martin Luther once preached, dates back to around 1300
By Kirsten Grieshaber and Kerstin Sopke
In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called 'Judensau,' or 'Jew pig,' sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
January 17, 2020, 3:20 pm
Anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture at center of German court battle
Jewish activist wants 700-year-old relief on Wittenberg’s church removed; parish agrees it’s an ‘insulting’ piece of history but contends it is part of its inheritance
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Eberhard Renner stands in front of the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) during an interview one day before the 70th anniversary of the deadly Allied bombing of the city during World War II, February 12, 2015 (Photo credit: Jens Meyer/AP)
February 14, 2015, 8:10 am
Dresden bombing still fresh for survivor, 70 years later
Eberhard Renner, who was a 12-year-old boy in 1945, recalls his experience of the controversial allied assault
By Kerstin Sopke and David Rising
US reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. (AP Photo/Bert Brandt, File)
June 4, 2014, 8:38 pm
Germans, now alongside Allies, honor D-Day victims
Veterans join Merkel at commemoration in Normandy to mark the end of the war that tore Europe apart
By Kerstin Sopke
A neo-Nazi rally held in memory of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in Hess's Bavarian hometown of Wunsiedel, southern Germany, 2002. (photo: AP/Udo Bartsch)
May 27, 2013, 11:30 pm
Down-and-out Europeans find salvation in ex-Nazi shrine
Small German town, the burial place of Hitler’s deputy and former pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, opens its arms to south European foreigners
By Kerstin Sopke
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