London, Apr 15 : A collection of Nazi women’s magazines featuring knitting patterns, fashion advice, and at the same time blaming the British for WWII are set to be auctioned.

The Frauen Warte, literally translated as Women Wait, had been designed for German housewives.

However, on closer inspection, they were discovered to contain a more sinister purpose.

The magazines featured a number of celebrities, including leading Nazi Hermann Goering, and had stories on home economics and fashion news mixed with those about Britain''s culpability in the devastating conflict.

Berlin  - Europe's biggest economy, Germany will shrink by 4.9 per cent this year, one of the nation's leading economic research groups predicted Wednesday.

Dragging down German economic growth will be a 12.9 per cent slump in exports, the Berlin-based DIW economic think tank said. Exports are a key pillar of growth in Germany, which is the world's leading export nation.

Frankfurt - Despite signs of cautious economic optimism emerging around the world, German chemicals giant BASF AG said Wednesday it saw no signs that the global crisis was easing, and announced moves to place up to 3,000 employees on shorter work weeks.

"We have to make adjustments," said BASF personnel chief, Harald Schwager. "An end to the global crisis is still not in sight."

Warin, Germany - A fire gutted part of a homeless shelter near G

Berlin - A rare vintage car, dating back to the early days of the automobile, has been discovered in eastern Europe and has returned to Berlin where it was built almost a century ago. The G2, which is being offered for sale by Car Classics Berlin, was built in 1913 by PROTOS, a subsidiary of Siemens, and is probably only one of three such cars still around.

"The history of this car is simply amazing. It survived two world wars and has since hardly been driven," says automobile historian Burkhard Steins from Car Classics Berlin.

Ingolstadt, Germany - Audi has added another variant to the A4 model range with the Allroad Quattro which will be available in European showrooms from May with prices starting in Germany at 37,100 euros (49,930 dollars). Compared to the A4 Avant, the all road Quattro version is larger and measures 4.72 metres in length and 1.84 metres in width. At a height of 1.50 metres, it is also taller than its A4 Avant sibling.