The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes Old Street Publishing Review: Des Breen

WE HAVE two constitutional referenda to decide on May 22 and I’ll be voting yes and no says Gerard Howlin

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Adolf Hitler’s rise to power 80 years ago should go on reminding Germans that democracy and freedom cannot be taken for granted.

THE First World War finally draws to a close next week when after 92 years of shouldering a crippling debt the Germans will make their final payment of wartime reparations to the Allies.