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Europeans Surveyed on Toplessness

Alp_Arslan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:04 CDT

No surprise—they like it. It turns out the Germans like toplessness the most—99% approve (at the beach and pools only, of course.) The prudish Brits come in second with 93% approving of topless bathing. The usually progressive Swedes were at the bottom with only 81% approving of...

Reprint Mein Kampf , Urge German Jews

Jason Farago — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:54:11 CDT

Hitler's autobiography-manifesto Mein Kampf has been strictly banned in Germany since the end of World War II, but a proposal to reprint it has the endorsement of the country's leading Jewish organization, among other groups, reports the Independent . "A historically critical edition needs to be prepared today to prevent neo-Nazis...

Lightning-Rod W. German Cop Unmasked as Stasi Spy

Rob Quinn — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:17:37 CDT

The West German cop whose shooting of an unarmed protester in 1967 changed the country forever has been unmasked as an East German spy by historians going through Stasi files, the New York Times reports. The shooting sparked a wide, sometimes violent left-wing protest movement many believe spawned Germany's current...

Pope's German Honeymoon Is Kaput

Rob Quinn — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:42:43 CST

The first German pope in nearly 500 years has lost the confidence of Germans as swiftly as a collapsing mortgage lender, Alexander Smoltcyzk writes in Der Spiegel . The scandal surrounding the reinstatement of Holocaust denying Bishop Richard Williamson has done lasting damage to the pope's authority and reputation, replacing the...

Germans Can't See Forest of US Culture for the Trees

Michael Foreman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:20:04 CDT

German college students aren't impressed with American culture—they're not even sure it exists, author Chuck Klosterman finds at the outset of a teaching stint in Leipzig. "The proliferation of media has made it virtually impossible to tell the difference between a) what information is unilaterally interesting," Klosterman writes in...

Moscow Gay Rights Activists Arrested After Bloody Melee

Colleen Barry — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:06:18 CDT

Gay-rights protesters petitioning the mayor of Moscow to lift the ban on gay-pride parades yesterday were punched and kicked by anti-gay extremists shouting "death to homosexuals." About 20 protesters were detained by police.

German Firm Buys Tuscan Hamlet

Greg Atwan — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:21:31 CDT

A German company has bought up an entire town in Northern Italy, with plans to convert it into a giant "holiday world" resort. The Guardian reports that Hanover-based tour giant TUI payed upwards of $340 million for the 13th-century Tuscan village of Tenuta di Castelfalfi, whose crumbling ramparts, squares and...