Die Linke candidate, a lawyer affected by her experiences as the child of political migrants from Turkey, poised to head Berlin coalition government

Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they die

Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

Nigel Farage foresaw a summer stroll to glory when he forced a byelection – but now risks his career being trashed

Supporters hope to stop 17th-century Villa Europa passing into private hands after Wolfgang Porsche unexpectedly put it on market

Show at Martin Gropius Bau gallery in Berlin is biggest ever celebration of an East German female artist in a state museum

Jérémie Queyras, 28, created painting over months of sessions at his studio where pair struck up unlikely bond

Painting by Jérémie Queyras shows former German chancellor in trademark jacket – at a time of nostalgia for her rule

Lothar Matthäus, the former Germany captain turned pundit, has blamed the World Cup exit in part on the players’ efforts to have their families in tow

Descendants of Julia Kerr gather for recital at Einstein’s summer house near Berlin where revived opera was set

Bradford-born painter, who made his name with sun-kissed visions of California, has died

In a wide-ranging interview, an upbeat Ukrainian president also discusses Donald Trump, King Charles, and how Kyiv is prepared to share its experience of drone warfare with the west

Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against €2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealers

Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against €2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealers

High on the slopes of a mountain in the German Black Forest stands a Nazi-built memorial to five Brixton schoolboys who died in a blizzard 90 years ago. It’s a grim granite structure but for many y…

Albrecht Weinberg ‘horrified’ that MPs relied on far-right party to pass anti-immigration motion

Georg Baselitz has spent his life shocking the public, and the opera-lovers of Glyndebourne are his next target. The artist explains how big-money auctions have made things ‘heavenly’ for him today – ...

Relatives of London pupils and German villagers mark anniversary of ‘English misfortune’ that Nazis turned into propaganda coup

German rescue teams have been trying to ease the humpback’s path back into deeper waters without success

Ukrainian-Russian photojournalist Arthur Bondar has amassed huge collection of pictures from often unknown photographers

Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, bu...

From children’s funerals to underground shelters to the frontline, Kochetova has captured the conflict with power and humanity for the Guardian. ‘I have the same scars as the people I photograph,’ she...

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From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years

From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years

People urged to stand up against populism and antisemitism as the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day

People urged to stand up against populism and antisemitism as the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day

Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts

Gelsenkirchen savings bank was raided over Christmas by criminals who used huge drill to access vault

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.

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Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say

In Fritzi’s Footsteps tells story of a girl growing up in Leipzig who witnesses the fall of the Berlin Wall

Launch on 80th anniversary of groundbreaking legal effort comes after 25-year project by Harvard law school library

German far-right party urges Berlin and other European nations to also designate ‘antifa’ groups as terrorist organisations

European Sleeper will operate the new service from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet train that is being axed next month

Manfred Goldberg, 94, urges authorities to preserve fragments of thousands of shoes left to rot at Stutthof concentration camp site

Manfred Goldberg, 94, urges authorities to preserve fragments of thousands of shoes left to rot at Stutthof concentration camp site

Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours

Active pension scheme expected to start in January is part of chancellor’s ‘autumn of reforms’ to tackle economic stagnation