Controvercial German Author Says Berlin Is Hostage to Holocaust in Euro Crisis

Germany is Europe’s paymaster because it committed the Holocaust, claims a new book by Thilo Sarrazin, a firebrand author and former board member of the German central bank. Sarrazin writes that supporters of euro bonds in Germany “are driven by that very German reflex, that we can only finally atone for the Holocaust and World [...]

Flashback: Germany could stop woman’s unemployment benefits if she refused job at brothel

A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing “sexual services” at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year. Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to [...]