Berlin (Germany)
80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It Took 90 Minutes.
BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials of the Nazi bureaucracy met in a villa on Lake Wannsee on the western edge of Berlin. Nibbles were served and washed down with cognac. There was only one point on the agenda: “The organizational, logistical and material steps for a final solution of the Jewish […]
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With Olaf Scholz at the Helm in Germany, a New, Uncertain Chapter
BERLIN — It was vintage Angela Merkel: The woman who has dominated European politics for the better part of two decades handed over her office to the next German chancellor, thanked her staff, then walked to the door and made an exit — her final one. After 16 years as leader of Germany and unofficial […]
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Angela Merkel’s Political Life in Pictures: The End of an Era
BERLIN — When Angela Merkel became chancellor 16 years ago, George W. Bush was in the White House and Tony Blair was prime minister of Britain. There was no Twitter and no iPhone. Liberal democracy was in seemingly irreversible expansion, with the Orange Revolution having swept Ukraine. On Wednesday, as Olaf Scholz, Ms. Merkel’s successor, […]
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