Topic: Germany

This Commander of a Nazi Unit Has Been Living in Minnesota for 60 Years

Michael Karkoc, on May 22, 1990, and  the oath of allegiance on Michael Karkoc's petition for naturalization obtained from the U.S. National Archives in Illinois.
AP Photo/M. Spencer Green; Inset: AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff

An investigation by the Associated Press has found that a 94-year-old man who moved to the United States in 1949 was actually the commander of Nazi SS-led unit during World War II.

By Ujala Sehgal

Aug 21, 2011

Five Best Sunday Columns

The making of heroes vs. the cult of the military

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 19, 2011

German Official Urges Citizens to Stop Using Facebook

Official sites in Scheswig-Holstein must also delete their Facebook Pages and Like buttons

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 16, 2011

Germany and France Call for Mandatory Balanced Budgets in the Eurozone

The countries' two leaders have reached an agreement on how to best protect the euro

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 3, 2011

Germany's War on Facebook

Over the past few years, German authorities have aggressively regulated the social network

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 29, 2011

New U.S. Men's Coach Is a Sexy German Soccer God

He'll replace Bob Bradley, who was fired yesterday

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By Heather Horn

Jul 12, 2011

Home News From Afar

Europe Is Not Impressed by Washington's Debt Dance

The refrain from European papers: screw this up and the whole world suffers

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By Uri Friedman

Jul 6, 2011

Saudi Arms Sales Elicit Outcry in Germany, Peep in U.S.

Germany has reportedly struck a secret tank deal with Saudi Arabia

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By Adam Martin

Jul 6, 2011

South Korea to Host 2018 Winter Olympics

Favorite Pyeongchang edged out Munich and Annecy, France

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By Heather Horn

Jun 28, 2011

Home News From Afar

Foreign Press: Palin, Bachmann, Whatever

Or a lesson in how gaffes can be global

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By Heather Horn

Jun 27, 2011

Home News From Afar

'Go the F*ck to Sleep' Sparks Soul-Searching Among German Parents

Your kids are irritating? 'Easier to say you're giving up tea for heroin,' says reviewer

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By Adam Martin

Jun 10, 2011

The Small Farm at the Center of a Huge Disease Outbreak

The German e. coli outbreak has been traced to a tiny property in a tranquil region

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By Uri Friedman

Jun 1, 2011

Spain and Germany Bicker Over Cucumber Bacteria

Germany traced its E. coli outbreak to Spanish cucumbers, then took it back

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By Adam Martin

May 31, 2011

The Super-Rare E. Coli Sickening Germany

Scientists say the bacterial 'chimera' includes plague genes

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By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi Death Camp Murders

The retired U.S. autoworker was found guilty of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder

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By Heather Horn

May 6, 2011

Home News From Afar

Happy Birthday, George Clooney! Love, Germany

No major U.S. paper marked the star's half-century, but Germans sure did

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By Uri Friedman

May 6, 2011

Reasons to Doubt Greece Will Drop the Euro

A Der Spiegel report is attracting attention and skepticism

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By Heather Horn

May 5, 2011

Home News From Afar

Europe's Icon Needs Satisfied by a Glimpse of the Situation Room

And it's all the more iconic because we haven't seen bin Laden's corpse

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By Heather Horn

May 2, 2011

Home News From Afar

What the Foreign Op-Ed Pages Say About Bin Laden's Killing

The French are inflamed with liberal zeal, a Spanish op-ed brings up Melville, and more

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By Heather Horn

Apr 26, 2011

Home News From Afar

Gleeks Go Global; Europe Greets 'Glee'

Perspectives on "le phénomène «Glee»"

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By Heather Horn

Apr 22, 2011

Home News From Afar

How the World Sees BP

American media portrays the company as a villain; foreign press see it a little differently

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By Heather Horn

Apr 19, 2011

Home News From Afar

The World Considers the Racist Obama Chimpanzee Email

Chinese don't care, Russians find the Tea Party interesting, Germans love! Obama

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By Heather Horn

Apr 18, 2011

Home News From Afar

The World Considers Donald Trump

Home News From Afar: Aside from a South Korean blog, the world is smirking

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 20, 2011

Sorrow, Anger Follow the Death of Knut

The fame-addicted polar bear died Saturday at only 4 years old

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 2, 2011

Two American Airmen Shot Dead at Frankfurt Airport

Police haven't ruled out terrorism as a motivation

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