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 ...

I keep thinking of that iconic 1991 film which so brilliantly portrayed an East German family in the first throes of freedom ...

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

The former East Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1949 until 1990, which installed a rigid communist state known ...

How East Germany's 'traffic light man' became a beloved icon As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification ...

November 9, 1989 is celebrated as the day East Germany's dictatorship opened the borders to the West after months of peaceful ...

The country’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday, giving the parties an opportunity to reset and make the electorate a ...

Ikea is not alone in the matter, as East Germany was a hotspot for cheap labor under the communist regime, which many ...

Tupolev Tu-134: Created via an official directive from Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, impressed by the quiet cabin of the ...

A resolution adopted by the German Bundestag last week on curbing antisemitism and protecting Jewish life could negatively ...

- East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of ...

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