In this episode, we explore the Kingdom of Saxony and the other Saxe monarchies, which, despite being small states, played ...

The Wagenknecht party is responding to falling poll numbers by continuing its anti-war rhetoric in order to win back voters, ...

The Cold War border that once split Germany was a tightly guarded “death strip.” Against all odds, it turned into a thriving ...

Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver ...

Eighty years after a traffic accident in postwar Germany fatally injured Gen. George S. Patton Jr., a small group gathered at ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

Countries as far apart as Germany, Mexico, and the United States have all seen mysterious thefts of military ordnance.

The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is on the hunt to recover stolen masterpieces—and they say this could be our best ...

Bakers in the eastern German city of Dresden have been making stollen for Christmas for hundreds of years. The traditional ...

History never feels out of reach in the capital of Saxony, lush with avant-garde art, restored Baroque architecture and one ...

Staring at a pile of freshly cut beechwood, forestry manager Johannes Brodowski wonders if he is looking at the future of ...