Germany is one of the most influential nations in Europe, which has a complex political system that includes both a president and a chancellor. The president of Germany serves as the head of state, ...

Newsreel visited the city, best known for being the birthplace of Beethoven, to see how work was progressing on turning it into the new capital as Germany was split between east and west post-WW2.

Woods near Grafenwöhr, Germany, July 24, 1949: 1st Lt. Fred Iovanella stands atop the 800mm caliber barrel of a Nazi Germany railway gun. Although nicknamed “Big Bertha” by the American forces ...

THE German newspaper headline asked very bluntly: “Who learns from whom?” The article itself left no doubt that the question was strictly rhetorical: the American would-be teachers have learned from ...

Rhein Main Airport, Germany, March 22, 1949: Russian composer and pianist Dimitri Shostakovich (center, with glasses) is surrounded by reporters and photographers at Rhein Main Airport. The famous ...

Washington Post's Griff Witte explains how Angela Merkel has held on so long as Germany’s leader. (Video: Joyce Lee, Griff Witte/The Washington Post) Germany, my country: It is a somber day for you, ...

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats were locked in a very close race Sunday with outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right bloc, which is heading toward its worst result since 1949 in ...