The northern ‘Limes’ (the Latin word for border) of the Roman Empire ran through the Netherlands two thousand years ago, along the Rhine. To protect this border – part of the longer border through Europe , Asia and North Africa – Romans built watchtowers and army camps here.
The seamstress Betsy Ross has a special place in American history. According to tradition, this…
Politics
The term sehnsucht still regularly crops up in different languages. The German word is difficult to translate and actually has no equivalent in the English language. What does it mean?
Technology
From Camp Westerbork in the dutch province Drenthe War more than 100,000 Jews living in the Netherlands Jews and 245 Roma were during the Second…
Sports
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent German reunification (1990), many residents of the former GDR were happy that they could finally…
Health
There are, of course, many stories as well as myths about American presidents. A little-known myth is that of Track 61, a railroad that was supposedly built especially for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What exactly is this story about?
Lifestyle
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