Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of industry in the former East Germany, many women have left the region ...

Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom ...

Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not ...

On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I took a Trabi through the heartlands of the former GDR ...

As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of ...

Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against ...

Ikea was among many companies that profited from forced labor in prisons under the former East German dictatorship. Its ...

Germany’s ascendant far-right AfD party has led the pushback against antisemitism based on being anti-Israel. They'd ...

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, nostalgia for the old days and ways of socialist East Germany is stronger than ever. Germans even have a name for the phenomenon: “Ostalgie.” From ...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned farm in the ...