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Kate Connolly

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Kate Connolly

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Mein Kampf: Strange tales of the world’s most dangerous book

It’s been used as business management manuals to toilet paper. But despite its purposes as a pick-up device, Mein Kampf is a definite flop.

Former communications minister Dina Pule.

Auschwitz survivor: ‘We had no rights but a fierce determination to survive’

An Auschwitz survivor who lost 119 members of her family in the Holocaust, has confronted a former SS guard, appealing to him to take responsibility.

Touring Bowie’s Berlin

After the surprise release of the singer’s first single in more than a decade, Kate Connolly tours the city that inspired his trilogy of albums.

The German chancellor’s trump card is her ‘commonality’.

Merkel: Chancellor who shops with the people

Angela Merkel’s popularity hinges to a large extent on her down-to-earth approach and according to the latest poll her popularity rating is 61%.

Trump also weighed in on Italy’s new conservative regime

Markets rally after Germany’s ruling on eurozone rescue fund

Angela Merkel says Germany has sent a powerful message to the rest of Europe and beyond after its decision on the creation of a rescue fund.

Most South Africans are not planning for retirement, with only 6% of the country’s population on track to retire comfortably.

What it feels like to be old

An innovative suit gives medical students an idea of what the elderly experience in their daily lives, writes Kate Connolly.

The KwaZulu-Natal health department has rejected the Treatment Action Campaign’s concerns over a device used to perform male circumcisions.

Germany’s Muslim, Jewish leaders team up to fight circumcision ruling

Jewish and Muslim leaders have united in their condemnation of a German court’s decision to in effect outlaw the circumcision of boys.

The Führer’s tentative return to Berlin

A ground-breaking exhibition about Adolf Hitler has explored the relationship between the Führer and the German nation.

Paul’s death ‘distinctly murky’

No sooner had death’s tentacles slackened their grip on Paul’s squidgy body, when the first conspiracy theory emerged.

Milking sleep-deprived

Milking sleep-deprived

Melatonin-loaded milk taken from cows at night said to alleviate insomnia.

Immigrants Germany loves to hate

Immigrants Germany loves to hate

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s remarks about the ‘failure of multiculturalism’ in the country suggest a shift in attitude to foreigners.

Donate your organs …for dinner

Would you sacrifice your testicles, stomach fat or ears for high-class cuisine?

Gay German sneer is offside

Gay German sneer is offside

Spectre of nepotism rears its head as president meets Daewoo boss before shipping pact is inked.

How it all went wrong for Merkel

How it all went wrong for Merkel

With government meetings reduced to slanging matches, Germany’s chancellor is losing power.

Coma patient’s second birth

For 23 years a man was wrongly diagnosed to be in a coma, until a neurologist rescued him, writes Kate Connolly.

Power from the deserts

The Desertec project aims to build solar power plants in several locations in North Africa.

Sweet seduction?

Protests grow as chocolate treats with toys inside are labelled health hazard, writes Kate Connolly.

Tarantino’s Nazi ‘reservoir dogs of war’ leaked online

Quentin Tarantino, the master of bloodbath cinema, is to give his trademark comic-book treatment to the Nazis and World War II.

Cellar victim to testify against father

Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held hostage in a cellar by her father for 24 years, has begun to tell her story to prosecutors.

New work too loud for orchestra

A German orchestra has dropped a composition from its programme after its members claimed the music was so loud that it gave them ear problems and headaches. The Bavarian Radio…