There are many preconceptions about life in eastern Germany, but what is it actually like to live there? We spoke to foreign ...

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East German culture disappeared practically overnight, cast aside for the newly ...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood.

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

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 ...

A Battle to Preserve the Berlin Wall as Cold War Landmark In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and ...

Germany celebrated the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday. Pro-democracy activists from around the ...

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, seen by millions every time they cross a street.

East Germany's "Ampelmann" or pedestrian "traffic light man" is now instantly recognisable thanks to his chunky outline and wide-brimmed hat. He almost disappeared along with East Germany in the ...