Kate Connolly
@kateconnolly.bsky.social
International Correspondent, The Guardian
AfD hails US ban on European leftwing groups as historians fear crackdown on anti-fascists
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AfD hails US ban on European leftwing groups as historians fear crackdown on anti-fascists
German far-right party urges Berlin and other European nations to also designate ‘antifa’ groups as terrorist organisations
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November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
AfD hails US ban on European leftwing groups as historians fear crackdown on anti-fascists
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Hooray! Best story of the day. X www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
European Sleeper will operate the new service from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet train that is being axed next month
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November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hooray! Best story of the day. X www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Saddened to hear of the death of Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, who we interviewed in 2024.
“I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family.” RIP Manfred.
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“I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family.” RIP Manfred.
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‘Every piece of evidence is vital’: Holocaust survivor calls for victims’ shoes to be salvaged
Manfred Goldberg, 94, urges authorities to preserve fragments of thousands of shoes left to rot at Stutthof concentration camp site
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November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg, who we interviewed in 2024.
“I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family.” RIP Manfred.
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“I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family.” RIP Manfred.
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Saddened to hear of the death of Manfred Goldberg, Holocaust survivor, who we interviewed in 2024. “I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family“. RIP Manfred.
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‘Every piece of evidence is vital’: Holocaust survivor calls for victims’ shoes to be salvaged
Manfred Goldberg, 94, urges authorities to preserve fragments of thousands of shoes left to rot at Stutthof concentration camp site
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November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of Manfred Goldberg, Holocaust survivor, who we interviewed in 2024. “I feel my revenge on the Nazis is the building of our lovely family“. RIP Manfred.
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We live in hope… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission
Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours
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November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We live in hope… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
German retirees who continue working are set to earn €2000 a month tax free
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German retirees who continue working set to earn €2,000 a month tax-free
Active pension scheme expected to start in January is part of chancellor’s ‘autumn of reforms’ to tackle economic stagnation
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October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
German retirees who continue working are set to earn €2000 a month tax free
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‘You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned’ (= one of the best headlines of the year so far)
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You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
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October 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
‘You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned’ (= one of the best headlines of the year so far)
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Another great read from Salzburg by @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig
The car magnate, who is restoring the Jewish author’s former villa, has been given permission to dig out a 500-metre road leading to a garage, causing consternation in the city
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October 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Another great read from Salzburg by @kateconnolly.bsky.social
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‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig
The car magnate, who is restoring the Jewish author’s former villa, has been given permission to dig out a 500-metre road leading to a garage, causing consternation in the city
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October 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Extraordinary story of how a Historian used AI to help identify a Nazi soldier who murdered a Jewish man by @deborahcole.bsky.social
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Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
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October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Extraordinary story of how a Historian used AI to help identify a Nazi soldier who murdered a Jewish man by @deborahcole.bsky.social
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How long does a man live?
A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
For as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams
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A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
For as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams
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Brian Patten obituary
One of the Liverpool poets, along with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who was a perceptive writer on love
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October 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
How long does a man live?
A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
For as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
A man lives for as long as we carry him inside us,
For as long as we carry the harvest of his dreams
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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'Kontakthof': the Pina Bausch classic being revived by its original cast – dancing with their younger selves www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s... via @theguardian.com
‘Trippy’: the Pina Bausch classic being revived by its original cast – dancing with their younger selves
Kontakthof is a 1978 show full of tenderness, violence and horror. Now, in a spectacular production, its first performers are bringing it back. But would Bausch have approved?
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September 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
'Kontakthof': the Pina Bausch classic being revived by its original cast – dancing with their younger selves www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s... via @theguardian.com
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25 September 1970: Erich Maria Remarque, the author of "Im Westen nichts Neues", dies in Locarno www.ndr.de/geschichte/k... via @ndr.de
"Im Westens nichts Neues" von Erich Maria Remarque: "Dachte immer, jeder Mensch sei gegen den Krieg"
Als Jugendlicher kämpft Erich Paul Remark im Ersten Weltkrieg an der Westfront. Mit seinem Anti-Kriegsroman "Im Westen nichts Neues", der am 29. Januar 1929 erscheint, wird er als Erich Maria Remarque...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
25 September 1970: Erich Maria Remarque, the author of "Im Westen nichts Neues", dies in Locarno www.ndr.de/geschichte/k... via @ndr.de
Berlin-based remote-driving firm paves the way for car revolution on Europe‘s roads
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‘Raring to go:’ the German remote-driving firm that hopes to make private car ownership redundant
Europe has been slow to embrace robotaxis but Germany will allow remote-controlled rental cars from December
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September 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Berlin-based remote-driving firm paves the way for car revolution on Europe‘s roads
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‘Raring to go:’ the German remote-driving firm that hopes to make private car ownership redundant www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
‘Raring to go:’ the German remote-driving firm that hopes to make private car ownership redundant
Europe has been slow to embrace robotaxis but Germany will allow remote-controlled rental cars from December
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September 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
‘Raring to go:’ the German remote-driving firm that hopes to make private car ownership redundant www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
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📢 #BGAEvent: 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗹 - @theguardian.com journalist @kateconnolly.bsky.social in conversation with director 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗹
📅 Thu 25 Sep, 6.30pm
🗺️ On Zoom
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📅 Thu 25 Sep, 6.30pm
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September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢 #BGAEvent: 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗹 - @theguardian.com journalist @kateconnolly.bsky.social in conversation with director 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗹
📅 Thu 25 Sep, 6.30pm
🗺️ On Zoom
👉 Join the BGA & register here: britishgermanassociation.org/event/riefen...
📅 Thu 25 Sep, 6.30pm
🗺️ On Zoom
👉 Join the BGA & register here: britishgermanassociation.org/event/riefen...
Young Finns are snubbing their mother tongue in favour of English books. One reason for popularity of English is that some find the sex scenes less embarrassing. “When you read in English you can detach yourself a little bit,” Miranda Bryant
is told.
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is told.
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Young Finns snub their mother tongue by reading in English
Publishers fear for the future of translated literature as sales of foreign language books rise
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September 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Young Finns are snubbing their mother tongue in favour of English books. One reason for popularity of English is that some find the sex scenes less embarrassing. “When you read in English you can detach yourself a little bit,” Miranda Bryant
is told.
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is told.
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The Swiss natural cosmetics company Weleda allegedly supplied a skin cream to the Dachau concentration camp that went on to be used for human testing, a historian has claimed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Weleda allegedly supplied cream used on prisoners in Dachau by SS doctor
Study claims Swiss firm provided Nazi concentration camp with anti-frostbite product used in deadly tests in early 1940s
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September 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Swiss natural cosmetics company Weleda allegedly supplied a skin cream to the Dachau concentration camp that went on to be used for human testing, a historian has claimed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Cosmerics company provided cream used on prisoners in Nazi concentratuon camp, study shows www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Weleda allegedly supplied cream used on prisoners in Dachau by SS doctor
Study claims Swiss firm provided Nazi concentration camp with anti-frostbite product used in deadly tests in early 1940s
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September 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cosmerics company provided cream used on prisoners in Nazi concentratuon camp, study shows www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of a German apartment block turned out to be a Nacktschnecke - a naked snail (slug).
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Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug
People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel
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September 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of a German apartment block turned out to be a Nacktschnecke - a naked snail (slug).
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Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
Once considered progressive, then later derided, a new exhibition is exploring the developments’ place as part of a collective experience
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September 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social
Impressions from Art Exhibition on East German prefab housing ‚Wohnkomplex’ opening today at the Minsk in Potsdam.
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt - (Construction Block, on a typewriter)
Christian Thoelke - Kaufhalle
Uwe Pfeifer - Night scene in Halle
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Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt - (Construction Block, on a typewriter)
Christian Thoelke - Kaufhalle
Uwe Pfeifer - Night scene in Halle
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September 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Impressions from Art Exhibition on East German prefab housing ‚Wohnkomplex’ opening today at the Minsk in Potsdam.
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt - (Construction Block, on a typewriter)
Christian Thoelke - Kaufhalle
Uwe Pfeifer - Night scene in Halle
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Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt - (Construction Block, on a typewriter)
Christian Thoelke - Kaufhalle
Uwe Pfeifer - Night scene in Halle
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Excellent Art Exhibition on East Germany’s Prefab housing ‚Wohnkomplex‘ at the Minsk in Potsdam, opening today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
Once considered progressive, then later derided, a new exhibition is exploring the developments’ place as part of a collective experience
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Excellent Art Exhibition on East Germany’s Prefab housing ‚Wohnkomplex‘ at the Minsk in Potsdam, opening today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘It’s time for us to be louder’: Germany’s Pride parades face up to rise in attacks
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‘It’s time for us to be louder’: Germany’s Pride parades face up to rise in attacks
Christopher Street Day event organisers urge vigilance amid increase in abuse from rightwing extremists
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July 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
‘It’s time for us to be louder’: Germany’s Pride parades face up to rise in attacks
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