Germany is to revamp its phonetic alphabet to remove words which the Nazis added to expunge Jewish names - and which have survived for decades. Most Germans use the Nazi-era terms in phone calls, such ...

Germany is planning a return to pre-World War II alphabet tables that existed before the Nazis removed all names with Jewish associations, local media reported on Thursday. The old version of the ...

D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...