The collapse of the Weimar Republic led to the rise of the Nazis. Populists and right-wing extremists are gaining strength again today. We asked historians what we can learn from history.

 

An exhibition at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden encourages us to draw a deep breath. Air is everywhere – and were it not, we’d die. The exhibit makes visible something easy to ignore and asks: just how important is air? 

 

She’s skyrocketed to fame in just one year: French singer Zaho de Sagazan. The new star sang at the Cannes Film Festival and the Olympic Games in Paris. Now she’s ready to conquer the world. Her role models: Kraftwerk and Jacques Brel.