Itemoids

You are not logged in so some information on this page has been withheld. To see more, please log in or sign up.

West Germany

since

auto-detected in 17 stories

17 days ago

In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel ⊕

found

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake

A few weekends ago, I went to the flea market in Bo…

53 days ago

Elvis met Priscilla at a party in West Germany in 1959 while he was stationed there by the U.S. Army - he was 24 years old and she was 14.

89 days ago

The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age ⊕

found

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered

In late Janu…

4 months ago

  • He scored twice in 1988 final against West Germany

  • Olympic star was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019

Imran Sherwani, who starred in the Great Britain hockey team that won Olympic gold in 1988, has di…

Sherwani scored twice in the final as Great Britain beat West Germany 3-1 in which BBC commentator Davies famously said: 'Where were the Germans? But frankly, who cares!'

Albania v England: World Cup 2026 qualifying – live ⊕

found

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

⚽️ World Cup qualifying news from the 5pm GMT kick-off
⚽️ Live scoreboard | Subscribe to Football Daily | Mail Billy

Thomas Tuchel is hoping nobody does a Wayne Rooney today (or indeed a Cristiano Rona…

5 months ago

A new museum in Mödlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the east

A creek so shallow you barely got your ankles wet divided a…

6 months ago

‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang | Jason Burke ○

found

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence

In the summ…

8 months ago

The stories of curator Kathleen Reinhardt and provenance expert Lynn Rother show how exclusion can be turned to powerful insight

In February 1990, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran the headline…

9 months ago

Sam Neill barely made it out alive. Isabelle Adjani was left ‘bruised, inside out’. It might be puzzling, it might be brilliant, and it will never leave you

  • Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email

…

page 1 of 2 last →|