THE man who regards raw materials as more important than a people’s philosophy, or believes that figures decide history and not feelings, is liable to be surprised by a sudden outburst of national ...

Henning Melber does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Children gathered in the greenery of Sussex and Passaic counties more than 80 years ago to frolic at summer camp. “In ever-increasing numbers, the nation’s youth has been going away to camp,” a 1930s ...

At the height of the Cold War, the political leadership of the Federal Republic of Germany built the government bunker here.

The German government formally recognized colonial-era atrocities against the Herero and Nama people in modern-day Namibia for the first time, referring to the early 20th century massacres as ...

Late in the spring of 2020, Jan Marsalek, an Austrian bank executive, was suspended from his job. He was a widely admired figure in the European business community—charismatic, trilingual, and well ...

When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it hasn’t always been like that. In fact, Santa Claus is the product of the merging ...

Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe. By Suzanne Marchand. Princeton University Press; 544 pages; $35 and £30. IT SOUNDS LIKE a fairy-tale. A visionary alchemist, arrested by a tyrannical ...