Christine Lambrecht was accused of hesitancy on aid to Kyiv, along with amateurish public communication and misuse of government property

Walter Homolka suddenly sells stake in two institutions housed in the University of Potsdam after sexual harassment investigation against his husband reveals a wider abuse of power

Jewish husband of US Vice President Harris will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, visit Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, meet European special envoys in Berlin

Police find cyanide and ricin during search of residence in town of Castrop-Rauxel; second person also placed in custody

Elizabeth Reichert left funds in her will for the Cologne Zoological Garden, explaining her husband Arnulf 'wanted to give the money someplace where it would do good'

39-year-old Moran Kaiser was mother of a 6-year-old girl; victim's sister says their mother thought suspect was 'shady'

Federal prosecutors say suspect relayed info to Russian intelligence services; German spy chief warns of Moscow's 'unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence'

German president hosts grandchildren of woman who took 1931 photograph in Kiel, one of whom weeps openly after lighting menorah

Candle-lighting event will be held with photographer's grandchildren and German president for second night of holiday, 90 years after family fled looming genocide

Far-right assailant Stephan Balliet, jailed for life over Yom Kippur attack in which he killed 2 passersby, is overpowered by other guards