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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 German government formally recognized colonial-era atrocities against the Herero and Nama people in modern-day Namibia for the first time, referring to the early 20th century massacres as ...

Armin E. Mruck, a Towson University history professor who survived World War II and devoted his career to connecting students ...

October 3 marked by Germany's reunification, Chicago's first skyscraper start, and key historical events shaping Europe, ...

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