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.

An exhibition in Germany invites visitors to explore the world of scents through 81 fragrances across 37 galleries.

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Fire and Flames is no detached academic study, but a passionate, hands-on, and engaging account of the beginnings of one of Europe's most intriguing protest movements of the last thirty years. An ...

On this day in history, May 8, 1945, President Harry Truman announced to the American people that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II — and that "the flags of freedom fly all over ...

Even without knowing he’s written an entire book on the subject you know right off the bat that University of Texas Permian Basin Associate Professor of History Roland Spickermann is passionate about ...

Title: "From the Banat to North Dakota: A History of the German-Hungarian Pioneers in Western North Dakota." Authors: David Dreyer and Josette S. Hatter. Pages: 231. Available: Booksellers and online.