East Germans fleeing communism were once housed there. - 'Grief, depression, trauma' - Many communities have long complained ...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of industry in the former East Germany, many women have left the region and never returned. Men are now over-represented, with a surplus of up to ...

28, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) The evening sun shines on remains of the Berlin Wall at the official Berlin Wall memorial site at Bernauer Strasse, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. ...

East Germany’s political collapse was mirrored in football, but a focus on youth brings hope for the future. https://p.dw.com/p/4miJb Magdeburg were once club with ...

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 closed the border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, and expanded the Wall into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around the capitalist enclave of West Berlin.

In November 1954 the East German author Max Zimmering travelled from the GDR to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). His route was arduous. From East Berlin he flew to Warsaw, then on to ...

While many people may see opera as an old-fashioned art form, it still thrives in Germany. The country boasts dozens of ...

A row of pedestrian traffic signals featuring the former east German "Ampelmaennchen" (little traffic signal man) show red and green at a pedestrian crossing in Berlin on September 28, 2024.

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 ...