In 1550, the city of Magdeburg, Germany was under siege. It faced a crisis of government because the army encircling the city was not a foreign army, but a domestic ...

Some 50 miles to the west in Magdeburg in 1550, pastors wrote the Magdeburg Confession to defend their defiance of Charles V, stating that they had to put the glory of God before the glory of men.

The case of Rudolf Haas, the Magdeburg Jewish merchant accused of the murder of his bookkeeper, Helling, continues to hold public attention in Germany. Notwithstanding the fact that Schroeder had ...

Its glühwein stalls, festooned with Christmas lights and tinsel, stand emptied and shuttered. On the cordoned off market street, in the center of Magdeburg, German police stand guard as, one ...

Grief, anger and fear in Magdeburg as authorities seek answers on Christmas market attack suspect. While grief weighs heavily on Magdeburg, there are concerns some may attempt to use Friday's ...

Notwithstanding this confession of guilt, the Magdeburg authorities refused to release Rudolf Haas, Magdeburg Jewish merchant, who was charged by them with inciting Schroeder to commit the murder.