syndication.ap.orgJoachim Herrmann, interior minister of the German state Bavaria, speaks a news conference in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Herrmann said "we no longer have concrete indications for a terror threat today or tomorrow at a specific location". He warned, however, that the overall terror threat in Europe remained high. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)BERLIN (AP) — A terror warning in Munich on New Year's Eve that led to the evacuation of two train stations Read more [...]

The controversy over the upcoming re-publication of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany is having particular resonance in Israel, where memories of the Holocaust run deep and the book remains taboo. Hitler's anti-Semitic rant, which he wrote from prison in the early 1920s, loses its copyright in Germany today, and the country's first release of it since 1945 is due out soon in the form of an extensively annotated version. The copyright had been held by the German Read more [...]

Munich train stations have reopened after Bavaria’s top security official said the threat level from Isis extremists intending to blow themselves up had been reduced. “We no longer have concrete indications for a terror threat today or tomorrow at a specific location,” Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said. He warned, however, that the overall terror threat in Europe remained high. Just before the city rang in the new year, police had evacuated the main train station Read more [...]

BERLIN (January 2, 2016) The top security official in Germany's Bavaria region says there are no longer any "concrete indications" of a terrorist threat at any specific location. Shortly before the city rang in the new year, police in Munich evacuated the city's main train station and another station, and partygoers were urged to avoid crowds. But the Bavarian security official says the Read more [...]

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Adolf Hitler's contentious book, Mein Kampf, written in prison after his failed bid for power in 1923, will be on sale as an annotated edition in Germany from January 8. As of today, January 1, Mein Kampf is a book just like any other, in terms of its legal status as publication of the work will be allowed for the first time in 70 years in Germany, after its copyright expires. Mein Kampf is arguably one of the most incendiary books ever Read more [...]

"We no longer have concrete indications for a terror threat today or tomorrow at a specific location," Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told reporters. He warned, however, that the overall terror threat in Europe remained high. Just shortly before the city rang in the new year, Munich police had evacuated the main train station and a station in the Pasing neighborhood. Partygoers were asked to avoid crowds. Herrmann said a friendly foreign intelligence service had warned Germany of Read more [...]

Adolf Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” while in prison. For the first time in 70 years, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi manifesto “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) is to be available for purchase in Germany, the media reported on Friday. Reprinting the anti-Semitic book was banned after the Second World War by Bavaria’s regional government, which held the copyright, BBC reported. The copyright has now expired and the Institute of Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich will publish a new Read more [...]

There can hardly be anyone who knows Mein Kampf better than Serdar Somuncu. The 47-year-old Turkish-born German cabaret artist spent five years touring Germany with The Legacy of a Mass Murderer, his satirical reading of Adolf Hitler’s incendiary text, which he performed more than 1,400 times, to 250,000 people. At a particularly memorable performance a few years ago in the town of Dippoldiswalde in Saxony, which has a reputation as a neo-Nazi stronghold, 25 young far-right protesters gatecrashed Read more [...]