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1. Resistance in Ukraine: The Show Must Go On (Underground) in the Kharkiv Opera House

   The opera house in Kharkiv was almost destroyed and an undetonated Russian rocket can still be found on its roof. But after a long interruption, the ensemble is once again staging productions - in the basement. Its shows are usually sold out.

2. Breaking the Silence: Looking Back at World War II Family Histories

   Surveys in recent years have shown that many Germans want to believe that their ancestors had nothing to do with the crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Members of the younger generation, though, now want to know for sure - also out of concern for Germany's political future.

3. Trump's Trump Card: The Dangerous Ideology of U.S. Vice President JD Vance

   Rarely has a U.S. vice president had as much power as JD Vance. His ideas for how to deploy that power come from a melange of anti-system radicals and virulent right wingers. A portrait.

4. Recruited for the War in Ukraine: Meet the Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Russia's Army

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is hoping to pull Beijing into the war by deploying Chinese volunteers on the front in Ukraine. Many of them are active on Chinese social media. DER SPIEGEL tried to track them down.

5. "Good Hunting": Right Wing Extremist Chats Flourishing on Telegram

   A militant neo-Nazi online subculture is propagating violence against migrants and members of the LGBTQ community. Members of this parallel world, known as "Terrorgram," come from all over the world. And many of them are minors.

6. Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen: The Freestylist

   Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new set of rules and is engaged in an ongoing battle with the World Chess Federation. What is driving him?

7. Executive-Ordered Out of Existence: How Trump's Transphobia Is Affecting My Family from Afar

   My transgender daughter is getting the care she needs here in Berlin. But she is no longer able to travel to her second home in the U.S. to visit family and friends. In Donald Trump's America, the transgender community is under attack. And the consequences could be devastating.

8. The American War: U.S. War Veterans Search for Personal Peace in Vietnam

   Fifty years after the end of the war, a group of U.S. veterans spent two weeks traveling through Vietnam by bus. They once came as soldiers. Now, they are searching for forgiveness.

9. Organ Trafficking: How Germans Buy New Kidneys in Kenya

   Germans in need of new kidneys are heading to Kenya to buy one. The donors are frequently suffering from bitter poverty. Behind the scheme is an Israeli whom the authorities have been after for years.

10. Right Wing Report: How Germany's AfD Intends to Boost Its Influence

    By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's strongest political power. Voter frustration is helping, but does the party actually have a plan?