IT may safely be assumed that the early history of Prussia is known to the great majority of English readers only from the first four books of Carlyle’s Frederic the Great. So powerful was the ...

The final collapse of East Prussia ended with the slow destruction of Königsberg once a symbol of Prussian power and German history. This episode examines the siege bombardment and surrender that ...

“Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia” by Max Egremont (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 359 pages, $28) Try to imagine that you have just survived a terrible war, and now that the war ...

In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has raised concerns among commentators and academics that the U.S. could face a constitutional crisis. Trump has issued numerous ...

Last week we looked at Prussia’s Soldier King, Frederick Wilhelm I, and what he meant for Prussian history. As he ascended to the throne, within days it became evident he was the polar opposite of his ...

Berlin's long-buried imperial past has come back into fashion. DW's Jane Paulick takes a look at a surprising trend. On a sunny autumn Sunday a few weeks ago I visited Sanssouci Palace outside Berlin ...