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How the Herald reported Hitler's death

Seventy years ago we reported that German radio played Hitler out with Wagner's Twilight of the Gods.

Horrors of Auschwitz

Poached geckos returned to NZ

Otago Peninsula jewelled geckos smuggled to Germany are the first to return to New Zealand under strengthened rules to crack down on poaching.

Where there's a will there's a way

A protester yesterday jumped at European Central Bank president Mario Draghi during a press conference raising an interesting question: How did she get so close?

Writer made Germans own up to past

German writer Gunter Grass passed away in Lubeck, near the farmhouse where he lived with his second wife, Ute. He was 87.

Tourism NZ hosts Next Top Models

Five German aspiring models have been flown to New Zealand with the help of the Government's tourism department in a bit to boost visitor numbers.

Neo-Nazis threaten to behead politician

German neo-Nazis are suspected of being behind threats to 'behead' a conservative politician for continuing to back a controversial refugee housing project.

Merkel reluctant to spend

Critics say German Chancellor Angela Merkel's unwillingness to spend is holding back the euro-area economy.

Clues to pilot under pressure

One year before he made the cut for Lufthansa's elite flying school, Andreas Lubitz worked at a Burger King behind a car wash, flipping Whoppers and frying fries and talking to co-workers about his dream.

Christchurch measles child can return to school

The Christchurch child diagnosed with measles has passed the infectious period and has been given the green light to return to preschool, with no secondary cases being reported to health authorities.

Historically low vaccination to blame

New measles outbreaks are the result of New Zealand’s historically low vaccination rates, says immunisation expert Dr Nikki Turner.

Christchurch child exposed to measles

Historian accuses Allied troops of mass rape in Germany

Hundreds of thousands of German women were raped by British, American and French soldiers after the end of the Second World War, a German historian has claimed.

NZ plane passengers exposed to measles

Passengers on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland last month have been exposed to measles, public health officials have confirmed.

Fatal crash: 'We're all grieving'

She had spent seven months living and working in New Zealand as an au pair, but German woman Janine Baer lost her life after a crash that killed her mother.

Conflicts emerge from Dresden's ashes

As 4500 tonnes of explosives fell from 800 British planes, 25,000 Dresdeners died in a raging firestorm and the heart of their historic city was obliterated.

Neo-Nazis tricked into anti-racism march

When 500 German anti-Islamisation protestors in Germany were given free banners and stickers, they accepted. But activists had lured them into a trap.

Survivors' plea: Never be bystander

For the dwindling band who still remember the horrors, it was possibly the last time they would gather to remind the world of their story.