At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

‘THE history of our Colonies in the world war has shown that the German Colonial Empire was no proper “empire” at all, but just a number of possessions without geographical and political connection or ...

A painting of German revolutionaries marching on Berlin in March of 1848. Exiled revolutionaries known as "the 48ers" would go on to to settle in in Milwaukee. Listener Rick Fuhry was researching his ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This “Historically Speaking” column contains the opinions of Dr. Todd H. Rider based upon the research and information contained in his book, “Forgotten Creators: How German-Speaking ...