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The beautiful game, the ugly politics: How the world's cruelest regimes used the World Cup to sell their rule

From Mussolini's bribery campaign and Argentina's junta-driven quest for glory to Kim Il Sung's four-word command and Saddam Hussein's torture of defeated players, dictators have long used the World Cup as a powerful tool to strengthen their grip on power

Zeev Avrahami, Berlin | 05.31.26

Man erects Auschwitz gate replica outside German tax office over €70,000 tax debt

Replica included Nazi symbols, a crematorium-like structure and the words 'Zyklon B'; police found more Nazi symbols at his home and suspect incitement to hatred

Itamar Eichner | 05.29.26

Handout photos released by Yad Vashem show educational exhibits at Holocaust remembrance facilities ahead of the planned opening of a new education center in Munich

Yad Vashem to open first Holocaust education center outside Israel in Munich

Center in the birthplace of the Nazi Party will serve Germany and neighboring countries, as Yad Vashem expands Holocaust education amid rising antisemitism and distortion

ynet Global | 05.28.26

דניאלה קלטה טרוריסטית מ סיעת הצבא האדום ב גרמניה שהורשעה בשוד

Robberies, bomb plots and 30 years on the run: Germany jails the ‘far-left grandmother’

Former RAF member Daniela Klette, captured after 30 years using AI facial recognition, was sentenced in Germany to 13 years in prison for armed robberies including a 1.4 million EUR armored truck heist; Terror charges remain under review

ynet, News Agencies | 05.28.26

Berlin police arrest man suspected of being an accomplice to Holocaust Memorial stabbing

Federal prosecutors say Khalaf A. encouraged the 2025 attack, in which a Syrian man later convicted of acting in the name of the Islamic State stabbed a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial

Associated Press | 05.27.26

‘My grandmother said we had no Nazi ties. A blatant lie’: Files expose German family secrets

Newly accessible US archive records have sent hundreds of thousands of Germans searching for relatives in Nazi Party files, while new research reveals how children and teens took part in antisemitic violence, harassment and denunciations

Zeev Avrahami | 05.27.26

‘The masks just fell down after Oct. 7’: Jewish German actress says Israel support cost her role

Sarah Maria Sander says she was pushed out of a film based on her own script after advocating for Israel, exposing what she calls hypocrisy in Europe’s arts scene; ‘It’s almost impossible to be a Jewish or pro-Israel in Europe’s art world,’ she says

Alexandra Lukash | 05.24.26

Germany charges suspected Iranian spies over plot to kill Jewish community leaders

Two men of Afghan origin are accused of spying for Tehran and plotting to target Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and Volker Beck, head of the Israel-Germany friendship association

Itamar Eichner | 05.21.26

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses delegates at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on June 24, 2025 in Berlin, prior on the upcoming NATO and EU summits.

Ukraine EU membership: Merz proposal aims to unlock talks and support end to Russia war

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed EU “associate membership” for Ukraine, allowing non-voting participation in EU institutions and meetings, to support stalled peace talks with Russia and accelerate accession talks amid delays

Associated Press | 05.21.26

Albrecht Weinberg, one of the last survivors of the Holocaust, sits in the Leer town hall in Leer, Germany, March 5, 2025

Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101

Weinberg spent his final years recounting his survival of Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen and three death marches

Associated Press | 05.13.26

Germans can now search Nazi files to uncover family secrets

Newly accessible US archives on millions of Nazi Party members are allowing Germans to investigate relatives’ roles in the Third Reich and Holocaust, despite years of restrictions under Germany’s privacy laws

Zeev Avrahami, Berlin | 05.11.26

'My grandparents would never believe I stood in Germany in an IDF uniform'

Noam, a Nahal reconnaissance soldier wounded in an incident that killed 5 troops, prayed for IDF soldiers at a Budapest synagogue; Rachel Bayer, whose brother fell in the war, joined the Jewish Agency delegation in Europe

Gal Ganot | 05.10.26

'They were shocked to hear IDF soldiers were saved thanks to German blood'

Lt. Dr. Y, physician of the IDF’s 77th Battalion, visited Germany with the Jewish Agency’s 'Shlichim in Uniform' program, telling lawmakers and Jewish teens how German-donated blood saves wounded soldiers

Gal Ganot | 05.07.26

$Parking meter (Photo: M. Spencer Green\AP)$

Parking meter heist: German worker accused of stealing €2M

German authorities charged two couples in separate cases: in Bavaria, a former municipal worker allegedly stole about €2 million from parking meters over the years; in Berlin, another couple is accused of stealing bronze statues and religious items from cemeteries and parks

News Agencies | 05.06.26

Germany reaffirms support for Israel, draws line on nuclear Iran during Sa’ar visit

FM Gideon Sa’ar meets Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin for talks on Iran, Gaza, Lebanon and regional security; German counterpart Wadephul: 'Every Israeli can rely on us to consistently stand for Israel’s security'

Itamar Eichner | 05.05.26

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