Here is a view of the Old Town in Mainz, which I visted in November. There wasn't any snow, but I did feel as if I'd been tran...

Eight people who I never knew, but they are crucial to me, and part of me; I carry bits of their bodies around with me. And there are other ...

If you go to the Polish village of Mysłakowice in Silesia, you might be rather surprised to find, among the other houses, some chalet-st...

After the First World War, Poland, which had previously been split up between Germany, Austria and Russia, was now reinstated as a nation. A...

Although my mother was German, she only lived for a year of her life in what is now Germany. She was born in Hindenburg/Zabrze in Upper Sil...

by Leslie Wilson We had a half-German Christmas when I was a child and teenager; Christmas Eve was special, and the adults always had th...