Multiple posts on Facebook and Korean social media platforms claim that Germany closed 66 Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes. The claim is misleading; the article referenced in the posts reports that 66 organisations in “the Western sta
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WikiLeaks Did NOT Dump Documents Revealing CIA Base In Frankfurt, Germany, Was Used To Hack Elections
Did WikiLeaks dump documents November 17, 2020 revealing a CIA base in Frankfurt, Germany, was used to hack U.S. elections? No, that's not true: Wikileaks released documents back in 2017 purporting to show how the CIA hacked electronic eq
Liste→ Dominion Voting servers were not seized in Germany
Claims that Dominion Voting had servers confiscated in Germany by the US military gained traction online as Donald Trump and his supporters continued to try and blame the election technology company for fraud in the vote. This is false; German authorit
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Army Didn’t Seize Election Servers in Germany
Quick Take A congressman and conservative news outlets are spreading the baseless claim that the U.S. Army seized an election software company’s server in Frankfurt, Germany, that could supposedly prove there was fraud in the 2020 election. There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Staffer Did NOT Claim A Dominion Vote Server Was Seized In Germany
Did a Trump staffer confirm that a computer server belonging to Dominion Voting Systems containing all of the U.S. votes was seized by the U.S. in Germany? No, that's not true. The person who was purportedly a "Trump staffer" who made the
Snopes→ Did a ‘Seized’ Server in Germany Prove Trump Won 410 Electoral Votes?
Mythical computer servers in foreign countries haven't changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Snopes→ Did a ‘Seized’ Server in Germany Prove Trump Won 410 Electoral Votes?
Mythical computer servers in foreign countries haven't changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
TruthOrFiction→ Were Electoral Votes (410 for Trump and 128 for Biden) Found on a Dominion Server Seized in Germany?
On November 16 2020, increasingly desperate claims that Donald Trump had actually defeated Joe Biden in the presidential election despite the reality of his decisive defeat continued to circulate; one such rumor included the assertion that Trump won 4
TruthOrFiction→ Were Electoral Votes (410 for Trump and 128 for Biden) Found on a Dominion Server Seized in Germany?
On November 16 2020, increasingly desperate claims that Donald Trump had actually defeated Joe Biden in the presidential election despite the reality of his decisive defeat continued to circulate; one such rumor included the assertion that Trump won 4
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Army Did NOT Seize Dominion Servers In Germany
Did the U.S. Army seize vote-count servers in Germany operated by Dominion, the company that provides voting machines to many American states? No, that's not true: There is no sourcing for a tweet cited by U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert for the
Snopes→ Lawn Robot in Germany Messages Owner for Help, Foils Thief
A lawnmower robot's electronic cries for help foiled a thief's plan to make off with the grass-cutting automaton.
Liste→ No, this photo shows a music festival in Germany in 2003
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows millions of people protesting against coronavirus restrictions in the German capital of Berlin in August 2020. The claim is false; the image shows a mu
Snopes→ Did Millions of Anti-Maskers and QAnon Supporters March in Germany?
A photograph truly shows a large group of people gathered in Germany … in 1997 … for a music festival.
Liste→ These photos have circulated in reports about Black Lives Matter protests in Germany in June 2020
A photo collage has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim the images were taken during a protest against coronavirus restrictions in Germany in August 2020. The claim is false; all four photos have circulated i
TruthOrFiction→ ‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
On July 8 2020, Twitter user Brian Klass shared the following post in response to President Trump’s tweets about reopening American schools — purportedly demonstrating the number of new cases on July 7 2020 in the United States and four Eu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Army Scientists Did NOT Successfully Teleport Soldiers From Massachusetts to Germany
Did U.S. Army scientists successfully teleport soldiers from Massachusetts to Germany? No, that's not true: an old April Fools joke from 2016 has kept on fooling people over the years, recently including a UFO news site and at least one YouTub
Snopes→ Did Trump Try to Poach Coronavirus Vaccine from Germany?
Confusing and unsubstantiated reports said the United States offered large sums of money to secure a COVID-19 vaccine for exclusive U.S. use.
Snopes→ Germany Admits There’s a Far-Right Problem, But What To Do?
The country’s leaders are struggling to figure out how to counter a recent rise in right-wing hate, 75 years after the Nazis were driven from power.
Snopes→ Did a 1933 Article Report That Hitler Would Not ‘Disrupt’ Germany?
Events always seem more obvious and predictable after they have already taken place.
Snopes→ Fire Kills More Than 30 Animals at Zoo in Western Germany
Police said the fire may have been caused by sky lanterns launched to celebrate the new year.
Snopes→ Did Werner Herzog Tweet America is ‘Waking Up, As Germany Once Did’?
We know this much: The German film director isn't the biggest fan of social media.
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Donald Trump – Despite what Donald Trump keeps saying, his father was born in New York, not Germany
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Despite what Donald Trump keeps saying, his father was born in New York, not Germany In 1885, Friedrich Trump — the father of the late Fred Trump and the grandfather of President Donald Trump — i
Snopes→ Did Germany Request the Removal of U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell?
The controversial American ambassador in Berlin came under renewed criticism in March 2019.
FactCheck.org→ Germany Not Seeking Ambassador’s Removal
Quick Take Viral posts online claim incorrectly that Germany has requested the removal of the American ambassador. An opposition party lawmaker in Germany’s Parliament called for that, but the German government itself has not taken that position. F
Lead Stories→ Inaccurate News: MORE Than Two Whales Found Dead, NOT Only In Germany, NOT All Stomachs Full Of Plastic And Car Parts
Were two whales found dead in Germany in January of 2019 or 2018 and were their stomachs discovered to be "full of plastic and car parts"? No, not exactly: a clickbait site running stories about health and nature in order to attract visitors c
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of European Jews Protesting Deportation from the U.S. to Nazi Germany?
The photograph shows Otto Richter, who escaped to the U.S. from Nazi Germany, only to face deportation three years later.
Snopes→ Germany Deports Convicted 9/11 Suspect Home to Morocco
The Moroccan man convicted of helping three of the Sept. 11 attackers as they plotted to strike New York and Washington was flown from a Hamburg jail on Monday to the city's airport in preparation for his deportation to his home country.
Snopes→ Germany Seeks to Woo Americans Amid Rocky Trump Relationship
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived in Washington for talks with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Snopes→ Germany: Saxony Governor Visits City Shaken by Protests
A man has died and two others were injured in an altercation between several people of "various nationalities" in the eastern German city of Chemnitz.
Snopes→ US Deports Former Nazi Camp Guard, 95, to Germany
The White House says that a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been deported to Germany, 14 years after a judge ordered his expulsion.
Snopes→ Germany: No Preparations Made in Case of Alien Landing
In a response to questions from opposition Green Party lawmaker Dieter Janecek, the government said "there are no protocols or plans for a possible first contact with alien life."
Snopes→ Are These the Defense Ministers of Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Russia?
A photograph showing four female defense ministers from Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Germany and their male counterpart from Russia is real but outdated.
WaPo Fact Checker→ President Trump’s claim that crime is up in Germany
“Crime in Germany is up 10% plus (officials do not want to report these crimes) since migrants were accepted. Others countries are even worse. Be smart America!” — President Trump, in a tweet, June 19, 2018 “Crime in Germany is way
WaPo Fact Checker→ President Trump’s claim that crime is up in Germany
Trump says migrants are bringing crime to Germany, but his numbers don't add up.
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong about crime in Germany
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump wrong about crime in Germany President Donald Trump regularly tells Americans that people seeking to enter the United States without permission bring crime and violence with them. In a morning tweet, Tru
TruthOrFiction→ Communist Rules for Revolution Found By Allied Forces in Dusseldorf Germany-Fiction!
Communist Rules for Revolution Found By Allied Forces in Dusseldorf Germany-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Allied Forces discovered the “Communist Rules for Revolution” in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1919 and many of these tactics remain in play n
Snopes→ Vehicle Crashes Into Crowd in Germany, Killing Three People
Police say the driver killed himself after the crash and that his motives are unclear.
Snopes→ Was a Karl Marx Banknote Released in Germany?
A photograph showing a young woman holding a Karl Marx bill (worth €0) is real, but it is a souvenir note rather than a genuine article of currency.
Snopes→ ‘Animal Brothels’ Open in Germany as Migrant Population Hits 22 Percent?
A report connecting "animal brothels" to a surge in immigration attempted to link two misreported events in order to foment racial prejudice.
TruthOrFiction→ Animal Brothels Open In Germany As Migrant Population Surges-Fiction!
Animal Brothels Opening In Germany As Migrant Population Surges-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Migrant populations flooding Germany in recent years have led to a rash of animal brothels opening in Germany. The Truth: False rumors that immigrants from Midd