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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 chancellors have played pivotal roles in shaping the nation's history since 1815. One notable leader is Otto von Bismarck, who unified Germany in 1871 and served as its first chancellor. In ...

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 ...