Some 35 years since the demise of the East German regime, a groundbreaking series looking into the daily life in the GDR ...

Camping was popular in East Germany when travel options were limited. Families spent summers at lakes, in forests, or at ...

Hoyer has several important advantages that Steinbeck and Capa lacked. East Germany’s fearsome internal security apparatus is long gone, which means her surviving subjects are free to speak openly ...

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

Jenny Erpenbeck became a writer when her childhood and her country, the German Democratic Republic, disappeared, swallowed by the materialist West. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger first traveled to ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin, is a most unusual settlement. It is a walled-in compound of semi-forested land and wide lawns, within which sit some 20 ...

Rolling into Germany with salvage crews and empty freight cars, the Soviet conquerors of 1945 carted off everything of value. To Mother Russia went East Germany’s ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the country's eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23 — and economic concerns have played a part in its popularity.

Yosef Tekoah as Israel’s ambassador to the UN from 1968 to 1975. Courtesy of Ben Gurion University of the Negev/Wikipedia A half-century ago on Monday, the United Nations voted to admit West Germany ...

The cast and crew of 'In Fritzi's Footsteps' enjoy their award triumph in New YorkCharles Sykes/Invision/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Some 35 years since the demise of the East German regime, a ...