Just outside Berlin lies Potsdam, one of the most historic destinations in Germany, with a royal past and Cold War history that captivated travel guru Rick Steves enough to call it "the best side ...

Yet it was not he but Louis Ferdinand, second son of the quondam Crown Prince, of Germany who appeared last week in a little church at Potsdam to describe “for the benefit of a few friends” a ...

A new Jewish synagogue and community center in Potsdam, Germany, dedicated on July 5 is home to four congregations. (Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA.org) Toby Axelrod ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, patron of the reconstruction project, speaks at the opening ceremony for the tower of the Garrison Church in Potsdam, Germany, Thursday Aug. 22, 2024.

On this day in history, July 17, 1945, after Nazi Germany's surrender in World War II, the Potsdam Conference outside Berlin, Germany, began, with Truman, Churchill and Stalin.

But first of all, it is a gift for the 600 or so Jews of Potsdam, said Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. In all, Brandenburg has about 2,000 Jewish residents.