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Dogged by delay, outcry, German neo-Nazi trial to open

Germany's biggest-ever neo-Nazi trial is due to open Monday after a three-week delay over a row about media access which has further shaken the country's image, on top of security flaws exposed by the extremists' murder spree. The trial has been keenly awaited since the 2011 shock discovery of a far-right killer cell but has been overshadowed in the run-up by an outcry and ridicule over the way the court handed out journalists' passes.

Football: German Bundesliga table

German Bundesliga table after Sunday evening's game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against points): Bayern Munich 31 27 3 1 90 14 84 -- champions Borussia Dortmund 31 19 7 5 76 36 64 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 8 7 59 38 56 -------------------------------------------------- Schalke 04 31 14 7 10 54 47 49 -------------------------------------------------- Eintracht Frankfurt 31 13 7 11 43 42 46 Freiburg 31 12 9 10 40 37 45

Football: German Bundesliga table

German Bundesliga table after Sunday afternoon's game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against points): Bayern Munich 31 27 3 1 90 14 84 -- champions Borussia Dortmund 31 19 7 5 76 36 64 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 8 7 59 38 56 ------------------------------------------------ Schalke 04 30 13 7 10 50:46 46 ------------------------------------------------ Eintracht Frankfurt 31 13 7 11 43 42 46 Freiburg 31 12 9 10 40 37 45

Football: German Bundesliga table

German Bundesliga table after Saturday evening's game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against points): Bayern Munich 31 27 3 1 90 14 84 Borussia Dortmund 31 19 7 5 76 36 64 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 8 7 59 38 56 ----------------------------------------------- Schalke 04 30 13 7 10 50 46 46 ----------------------------------------------- Freiburg 31 12 9 10 40 37 45 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 13 6 11 43 42 45

Football: German Bundesliga table

German Bundesliga table after Saturday afternoon's games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against points): Bayern Munich 31 27 3 1 90 14 84 Borussia Dortmund 30 18 7 5 74 35 61 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 8 7 59 38 56 ------------------------------------------------ Schalke 04 30 13 7 10 50 46 46 ------------------------------------------------ Freiburg 31 12 9 10 40 37 45 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 13 6 11 43 42 45

Football: German Bundesliga table

German Bundesliga table after Friday night's game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against points): Bayern Munich 30 26 3 1 89 14 81 Borussia Dortmund 30 18 7 5 74 35 61 Bayer Leverkusen 30 15 8 7 58 38 53 ------------------------------------------------ Schalke 04 30 13 7 10 50 46 46 ------------------------------------------------ Freiburg 30 12 9 9 40 36 45 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 13 6 11 43 42 45

Football: German Bundesliga results

German Bundesliga result on Friday: Greuther Fuerth 2 (Djurdjic 41,83) Hanover 96 3 (Abdellaoue 36, Hoffmann 71, da Silva Pinto 87) Saturday Bayern Munich v Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia M'gladbach, Hoffenheim v Nuremberg, Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart, Fortuna Duesseldorf v Borussia Dortmund Sunday Mainz 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke 04 v Hamburg afp

TV's 'Derrick' served in Nazi Waffen SS

The late German actor who starred in the wildly popular television crime show "Derrick" belonged to Hitler's notorious Waffen SS, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Friday. Horst Tappert, who played the beloved baggy-eyed detective from 1974 to 1998 in a programme that ran in more than 100 countries, was a member of an SS tank regiment on the Russian front, according to the report. Military archives showed Tappert joined the Waffen SS at the latest in 1943 when he was 20, the newspaper said. Tappert died in 2008.

TV's 'Derrick' served in Nazi Waffen SS

The late German actor who starred in the wildly popular television crime show "Derrick" was a member of Hitler's notorious Waffen SS, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Friday. Horst Tappert, who played the beloved baggy-eyed detective from 1974 to 1998 in a programme that ran in more than 100 countries, was a member of an SS tank regiment on the Russian front, according to the report. According to archives listing next-of-kin for Wehrmacht soldiers, Tappert joined the Waffen SS at the latest in 1943, the newspaper said. Tappert died in 2008.

Germans fascinated by Nazi era eight decades later

By Gareth Jones BERLIN (Reuters) - An exhibition chronicling the Nazi party's rise to power draws tens of thousands of visitors. Millions of TV viewers tune in to watch a drama about the Third Reich. A satirical novel in which Hitler pops up in modern Berlin becomes an overnight bestseller. German interest in the darkest chapter of their history seems stronger than it has ever been as the country marks several key anniversaries this year linked to the Nazi era.
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