Wilhelm Voigt: The Amiable Scoundrel
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 1, 2025
On a crisp October morning in 1906, a man in an immaculate Prussian captain’s uniform marched into the Berlin suburb of Köpenick and coolly ...
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The Nördlinger Ries Impact Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 17, 2025
The town of Nordlingen in the Donau-Ries district of western Bavaria, Germany, is unlike any other town in the district. In fact, it's u...
John Taylor: The Oculist Who Blinded Bach
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2025
Legendary German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach suffered from weak eyesight for much of his life. His handwriting—beautiful in ...
The Phantom of Heilbronn: How Contaminated DNA Sent The German Police On A Wild Goose Chase
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2025
On the afternoon of April 25, 2007, Michele Kiesewetter , a 22-year-old police officer in the German city of Heilbronn, was shot dead in a p...
The Iron Hand of Götz von Berlichingen
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2025
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen was no ordinary knight. A formidable figure in 16th-century Germany, he earned both fame and in...
Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2025
For centuries, inventors have sought to create machines that could run forever without any external source of energy. These so-called “perpe...
Bachem Ba 349 Natter: Germany’s Strangest Aircraft From World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2025
World War II led to the creation of some truly bizarre and unconventional aircraft as nations scrambled to gain a technological edge. Among ...
The Submarine That Gave Its Crew A Mysterious Sickness
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2024
In 1863, German-American inventor and engineer Julius Hermann Kroehl founded the Pacific Pearl Company with the goal of profiting from pearl...
Enemies Making Deal: The First World War Glass–Rubber Exchange
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2024
In the midst of war, when nations are locked in bitter conflict, cooperation seems unimaginable. Yet, history offers surprising instances wh...
Paris Gun: World War One’s Greatest Weapon
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2024
At quarter past seven on the morning of March 23, 1918, the people of Paris were jolted by a powerful explosion near the Quai de la Seine. F...
