Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe is BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week for a fortnight. Art historian John-Paul Stonard's new book is The Worst Exhibition in the World: Degenerate Art, 1937. The ...

In 1948, John Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa embarked on a carefully choreographed tour of the Soviet Union. The resulting book, A Russian Journal, was meant to humanize the Soviet people to ...

Trevor Noah talks about Germany, history, Columbus Day, and why America struggles to face the past and change anything at all ...

How is it that the culture of German-speaking Europe has so profoundly influenced and shaped Western civilization—and especially the culture of the United States—through the centuries and into today?

The Big Ideas: What Is History? After moments of great upheaval, scars can last for generations. By Jenny Erpenbeck Jenny Erpenbeck is a writer. This personal reflection is part of a series called The ...

By Miranda Murray CANNES, France, May 18 (Reuters) - German filmmaker Volker Schloendorff said the Cannes Film Festival shows ...