Prussia was undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Europe’s Early- and Late Modern periods. It has a fascinating history and geographically and politically, up until the early 18th century, ...

The goal of the series is to gently introduce children ages eight to 12 to stories of courage and sacrifice during the ...

Otto Busse secretly supported the Jewish resistance in the Bialystok ghetto, defying Nazi rule and offering a lasting lesson ...

In July 1944 it became evident it was only a matter of time until Nazi Germany would be defeated. The Allied forces had ...

Charles Edward died of cancer in his flat in Coburg in 1954 at the age of 69. He was described as a "penniless criminal" in one report and is buried at the Waldfriedhof Cemetery near one of his former ...

The crusades to the Holy Land were a consuming obsession of Latin Christianity for four centuries and remain among the most famous episodes of the Middle Ages. Yet, in the perspective of history, they ...

However, prior to the rise of the United States as a great power, saviour of Europe and later as a superpower, the European ...

Observing the tussle for Greenland, it is hard not to recall Karl Marx’s aphorism that history repeats itself “the first time ...

As an initiative redistributes a bumper surplus of spuds, here's a look at the Germans' great love affair with the potato.

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A surfer was bitten by a shark in waters off Sydney on Monday evening, the second person to suffer critical ...

Mockery came in thick and fast. “Given UKIP was founded on 3 September 1993 by Professor Alan Sked, it can hardly call itself ...