Hailing from the Sauerland, a Catholic upland region in far western Germany known for its social conservatism and close-knit village communities, he embodied many of the virtues of West Germany ...

Friedrich Merz is poised to become chancellor at a challenging time for Germany. But in a first round of voting in Parliament ...

Nonetheless, as Strauss was re-elected C.S.U. leader in Munich last week amid the redolence of wurst, beer and cigar smoke, it was clear that Franz Josef was as imperial — and imperious — as ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government.

Though less celebrated than the economic miracle, or Wirtschaftswunder, another happy postwar transformation has overtaken West Germany ... Erhard and Opposition Leader Willy Brandt, are much ...

Controversial rapper Kanye West has gone viral with an antisemitic song praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The song is banned in Germany due to laws restricting far-right hate symbols.

Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: Three months in, the meat department at the Berlin commissary in West Berlin’s American ...

The German government has banned the far-right organization "Kingdom of Germany" as a threat to the country's democratic ...

Past celebrations featured top Western leaders When Russia’s ties with the West blossomed after the ... parade along with the leaders of France, Germany and other heads of states, and German ...