The survey interviewed more than 14,500 adults.The prime minister goes to Bavaria on Wednesday to attend a conference of the German state's governing Christian Social Union, sister party to Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.Across the 14 countries polled, 64 per cent wanted to stay, unchanged from a year ago, though within countries such as Italy - where 42 per cent now want to leave compared with 25 per cent one year ago - there was an increase in opposition to membership."The problems in the Read more [...]

In a letter emblazoned with the insignia of the U.S. House of Representatives, 29 members of Congress reprimanded the German state of Bavaria for neglecting its historical responsibility to victims of the Nazis. “The Free State of Bavaria has yet to fully honor its pledge regarding restitution or compensation for Holocaust-related confiscations of property, including artwork, made under duress,” read the Nov. 9 letter addressed to Bavaria’s governor, Horst Seehofer. “The importance of these Read more [...]

Ulrich Weber, the lawyer representing the alleged victims, was commissioned by the church diocese to look into the cases. In a press conference on Friday, he said: "I have here 231 reports of physical abuse." These ranged from beatings to food deprivation, sexual assault and rape, Weber told journalists. "The reported cases of sexual abuse in Regensburg were mostly concentrated in the period of the mid-to-late1970s," he said. According to the lawyer, "50 victims spoke of 10 perpetrators" at the Read more [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BND intelligence agency has resumed joint internet surveillance with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) after halting collaboration with Washington last year following a row over spying practices, German media reported. Last May, German intelligence sources told Reuters that the BND had stopped sending the NSA information gathered from its surveillance station in Bad Aibling in Bavaria. Read more [...]

MUNICH: New copies of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" hit bookstores in Germany Friday (Jan 8) for the first time since World War II, unsettling some Jewish community leaders, as the copyright of the anti-Semitic manifesto expires.Bavaria was handed the copyright of the book in 1945, when the Allies gave it control of the main Nazi publishing house following Hitler's defeat. For 70 years, it refused to allow the inflammatory tract to be republished out of respect for victims of the Nazis and to prevent incitement Read more [...]

High-tech and traditional, conservative and innovative, quaint and quirky there’s much more to the Free State (as Bavaria is known) than the stereotypical Lederhosen and felt hat image.World-class museums, thigh-slapping beer halls, speedy cars, Alpine vistas, dreamy castles, belly-filling food, top-notch beer…there are hundreds of reasons to visit Germany's southeast corner.Here we list the ten most compelling.1. The AlpsGeography may have handed Germany’s south a mere sliver of the Alps, Read more [...]

Euromaxx Today in a very special euromaxx we’re travelling around Germany to all the best sights. A bird’s eye view of Berlin, Bavaria in all its glory, and Hamburg’s historic warehouse district. Audios and videos on the topic Related content Discover Germany - The Travel Guide | 26.12.2015 28.12.2015 Discover Germany! From the coastal regions of the north to the Alpine peaks in the south. What do tourists want to see in Germany? 09.10.2015 Neuschwanstein Read more [...]

While for some it is a horror scenario, for others it is the conclusion of a demanding project. As of January 2016, "Mein Kampf" is available for sale in German bookstores. More than just a book, the version available is a critical edition including commentaries by renowned historians, adding context and a better explanation for the reader. The book cover does not feature Hitler, or the characteristic Nazi propaganda font; the two-volume edition offers a sober cover instead. Yet the subject continues Read more [...]

LEIPSIC -- Margaret "Mae" Brown, 89, of Leipsic and formerly of New Bavaria, died Thursday morning, January 7, 2016, at Meadows of Leipsic. She was born in Shelby, Ohio, December 5, 1926, the daughter of Liguori and Laura (Maag) Crumrine. In 1947, she married Vincent Brown, who preceded her in death on February 11, 2009. She was a homemaker and member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, New Bavaria, past president of the Rosary Altar Society, and certified CCD teacher. She was a charter member of Read more [...]

“And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'” (Exodus 17:14) Mein Kampf in Arabic/Photo Wiki Commons Mein Kampf, perhaps the most controversial book ever printed, is available for sale in Germany for the first time since World War Two (WWII). The copyright for Adolf Hitler’s pre-Nazi manifesto , held by the state of Bavaria, expired the beginning Read more [...]