| POPULIST, PERNICIOUS AND PERILOUS Germany's Growing Hate Problem Even as Germany has welcomed its refugees, another, uglier side has been festering with the return of the anti-Muslim Pegida movement. The threat posed by the far-right has the potential to spiral out of control. By SPIEGEL Staff |
| HITLER'S BRONZE HORSES How Fans Smuggled Nazi Art To West Germany In one of the most curious stories of art smuggling from the Eastern Bloc prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, two classic car dealers smuggled Nazi artworks from a Soviet barracks to West Germany in 1989. The full account is only now coming to light. |
| POLISH ELECTIONS Law and Justice Party Regains Credibility by Dialing Down Rhetoric Poland's parliamentary elections in late October look set to sweep the right-wing Law and Justice party into power. Its current popularity is partly due to leading candidate Beata Szydlo, who has helped tone down its strident, nationalistic image. |
| NICE NO MORE The End of the German Fairytale The World Cup scandal brought to light by SPIEGEL serves as a reminder that Germany is nowhere near as perfect as it had started to look -- ironically, around the time of that historic "fairytale summer." |
| AFTERMATH Ankara Bombings Leave Turkey More Polarized Than Ever The terrorist attacks in Ankara have deepened Turkey's political rifts. While President Erdogan is fueling his supporters' hostility to the pro-Kurdish HDP ahead of snap elections, his opponents accuse him of being in cahoots with IS. |
