Mathilde (‘Tilli’) Wolff-Mönckeberg (1879–1958) was born and died in Hamburg, and experienced the best and worst that the twentieth century had to offer. The patrician Mönckebergs were prominent in ...
Originally called Neue Haas Grotesk, this formidable sans serif began its journey in 19th-century Germany. After a naming change in 1960, it became the hallmark Helvetica—a nod to Switzerland’s Latin ...
A detective agency has reportedly seen a significant increase in demand for these services. In a controversial move, German companies are turning to private investigators to verify the legitimacy ...
A German DJ has gone viral on social media after stopping a gig in Adelaide, southern Australia, to remonstrate with the crowd and call them out for their behaviour. News.com.au reports that ...
Michel de Maynard was a Franciscan missionary posted in China in the early twentieth-century from at least 1906 to 1912. His travels across north China coincided with the decline of the Chinese empire ...
A strong and democratic Germany became a cornerstone of European stability and a key ally of the United States during the Cold War. By the late 20th century, Germany was the economic powerhouse of ...
Gibbon's catalogue of ancient authoritarian regimes also depicts places like Nigeria, Pakistan, Serbia, Nicolae Ceausescu's Romania, and mid-twentieth-century Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union ...