Frank-Walter Steinmeier

85 years later: Babyn Yar and the fight against deliberate erasure - opinion

On September 29 and 30, 1941, German forces, aided by local collaborators, murdered 33,771 Jews at Babyn Yar. In just two days, the lives of children, parents, and grandparents were cut short.

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2022.
Federal Minister Karin Prien wears a Star of David in her official government portrait.

Meet Karin Prien, the woman who could become Germany’s first Jewish president

Spain's King Felipe welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a ceremony at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2025.

Steinmeier becomes first German head of state to visit Guernica since 1937 Nazi bombing

 The 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023.

Countries around the world wish Israel happy Independence Day


Israel's judicial reform is concerning, German president says in rare remark

In a rare comment, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed 'concern' about the 'restructuring of the rule of law' in Israel.

 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attends a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, April 8, 2022. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via REUTERS.

The personal aspect of Herzog’s visit to Germany

Herzog, in the fullness of his background, represents the wandering Jew, who lived not only in many parts of Eastern and Western Europe, but also in the Land of Israel and in Egypt.

 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israel's President Isaac Herzog lay a wreath at the memorial site of the former WWII concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in Lohheide, Germany, September 6, 2022.

Rivlin’s final state dinner will be for German president

In his youth, the outgoing president demonstrated against relations with Germany.

GERMAN PRESIDENT Frank Walter Steinmeier is greeted by President Reuven Rivlin during a visit to Jerusalem in 2017.

German president under fire for hosting antisemitic Iran regime clerics

Steinmeier, a social democratic politician and former foreign minister, met with leaders from the Islamic Association of Shi’ite Congregations in Germany (IGS).

Frank-Walter Steinmeier