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A Jewish teenager who spray-painted "Down with Hitler" on a department store in 1933 is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Berlin is renaming a city square after Eva Mamlok, who resisted the Nazis from age 14 until her death in a concentration camp.
Joseph Marr makes glossy sculptures entirely from sugar, and museum visitors are encouraged to taste them. His oldest pieces have lasted 14 years, turning a temporary treat into lasting art.
A free app in Berlin shows which neighborhood trees need water, turning tree care into a fun community game. Since 2020, 12,000 volunteers have adopted street trees, pouring nearly half a million liters during peak months.
Ethiopian marathoner Tigst Assefa ran the third-fastest women's marathon in history despite completely rupturing her Achilles tendon with just 2 kilometers left in the race. She crossed the finish line in 2:11:04, missing the world record by just 68 seconds.
A grassroots initiative in Germany invites people into the very apartments where Holocaust victims once lived, creating powerful moments of remembrance. Young descendants are discovering their family histories just in time, as the last eyewitnesses pass away.
When flames trapped a woman on an 11th-floor ledge in Berlin, she took a heart-stopping leap into a firefighter's rescue basket two stories below. All 115 residents affected by the massive blaze made it out safely.
A groundbreaking apartment complex in Berlin offers 72 affordable homes exclusively for lesbian and bisexual women, with rent starting at just $7 per 10 square feet. The project, opening this August, addresses a critical housing gap for aging LGBTQ+ women who faced fewer resources than their gay male counterparts.
After nearly 12 hours of careful negotiation, German police rescued a supermarket cashier held hostage in Berlin with zero injuries. Every person inside the store made it home safely to their families.
Sabastian Sawe just ran the ninth fastest marathon in history at the BMW Berlin Marathon, clocking 2:02:16 despite blazing 77-degree heat. The Kenyan world record holder proved that pushing limits is possible even when conditions aren't perfect.
Berlin is becoming home to a new innovation center that will support aerospace and technology startups with accelerator programs and industry connections. The initiative aims to create high-tech jobs while connecting breakthrough technologies with real-world applications.
When Soviet soldiers liberated Berlin's Jewish Hospital in April 1945, they couldn't believe their eyes—hundreds of Jews were still alive in the heart of Nazi Germany. The hospital is the only Jewish institution that operated continuously through the Holocaust and still serves patients today.
A US doctor infected with Ebola in Congo received lifesaving treatment at Berlin's Charite hospital, where survival rates are four times better than in outbreak zones. Germany's specialized isolation units and expert medical teams are giving patients fighting the world's deadliest diseases a fighting chance.