Mayla Lüst

It all began in a child’s bedroom – today Oliver Schaffer owns the world’s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.

Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.

He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.

What are photojournalists allowed to photograph and publish? This guide explains the right to one’s own image under German law, where press freedom ends and personality rights begin – and how to work on the right side of the law.

Sudden attacks, hallucinations, leaden tiredness: student Livia Sommer looks for answers in a sleep lab.

Millions watch as strangers fall in love, fight and fail. But how much reality is there really in it?