Antidote to online: Germany’s one-stop wellness shops get ready for Christmas theguardian.com/business/2024/… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

Olaf Scholz calls on Germans to stay “cool” in the face of a barrage of “erratic statements by a billionaire” (3 guesses…) ahead of next month’s general election

“Never in the postwar period has remembrance been as important as now … We are at an enormous turning point. Everything’s changed very quickly... In these times we need some tangible points of reference." My interview with Auschwitz museum director theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

Syrians in Germany ask to be allowed to visit home and keep protected status 🔗 Ashifa Kassam Deborah Cole buff.ly/3Wov0wN

Germany is gripped by election fever … but Trump is pulling the strings. The machinations of Elon Musk and the incoming US president loom large in the minds of politicians and voters. theguardian.com/world/2025/jan… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by American troops 80 years ago today. AFP News Agency spoke to camp survivor Jacques Moalic, 102. After war he workd the news agency for 40 years yahoo.com/news/buchenwal…

Berlin’s ancient ‘Dicke Marie’ oak feels effects of prolonged dry spell. The tree, believed to be city’s oldest, had already been damaged by the region’s increasingly arid climate. theguardian.com/world/2025/apr… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

NEW: Our exclusive deep dive into a suspected Russian-led cell behind the parcel bomb plots with the first interviews with those directly involved, revealing how the sabotage campaign unfolded on the ground With Shaun Walker theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

When German politics turns into the Met Gala

‘I add the human touch’: the beautiful, bespoke work of Götz Valien, Berlin’s last cinema poster artist theguardian.com/artanddesign/2… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

Blut, Eis und Netflix: Die Everest-Show beginnt, get the popcorn. Sie ist längst fest im Festivalkalender etabliert, wie Coachella & Eurovision. Die höchste Bühne der Welt bietet Erhebendes & Abgründe, Spektakel & Einkehr, Leben & Tod. tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/b… via Tagesspiegel

»Der Journalist und Historiker Felix Bohr, der gerade das Buch „Vor dem Untergang“ publiziert hat, sagt, für Wölks Geschichte gebe es außer ihren Interviews „keine Beweise“.« – Im The Guardian hat mich Deborah Cole zu dem neuen Film »Die Vorkosterinnen« befragt. theguardian.com/film/2025/may/…

Based on Margot Wölk’s extraordinary account, Silvio Soldini’s film The Tasters sees a group of women seemingly risk their lives with each bite. But does the story add up? ⁦Deborah Cole⁩ theguardian.com/film/2025/may/…

‘Rust in peace’: why are Germany’s bridges and schools falling apart? theguardian.com/world/2025/jun… via The Guardian Kate Connolly

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'A Spree change': from Berlin to Oslo, Europe’s urban swimmers take the plunge theguardian.com/world/2025/jun… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

Across Europe, emboldened by a plan to clean up the Seine River in time for last year’s Paris Olympics, city residents are pushing authorities to make their waterways swimmable. The Guardian reporters like Deborah Cole detail Europe’s coolest urban hotspots. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Rising rents and gentrification in the once-cheap and abundant real estate market have put the pinch on Berlin's nightclubs theguardian.com/world/2025/aug… via The Guardian Deborah Cole

Extraordinary story of how a Historian used AI to help identify a Nazi soldier who murdered a Jewish man by ⁦Deborah Cole⁩ theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…

‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…