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

BERLIN (AP) — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work ...

Ampelmann became a rare symbol from the GDR to be adopted in parts of the West. As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the ...

IKEA representatives at the time were likely aware that political prisoners were being used to supplement labor, the report ...

“If the old parties had done their jobs properly then the AfD would not exist,” Ingolf complains, echoing a common sense that the rest of Germany looks down on so-called “Ossis” in the east.

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

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 ...

(Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) 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 ...