Even after almost 35 years when the so-called German Reunification which was, in reality, a bit more like an Anschluss wherein West-Germany simply took over East-Germany occurred, a divided Germany ...

(Bloomberg) -- Christian Görke isn’t against Germany easing its borrowing rules, he just doesn’t want “a pure economic stimulus for the arms industry.” The veteran Left Party lawmaker is part of a new ...

The core differences between the East German “National People’s Army” (NVA) and the Nazi German Wehrmacht that came before it were doctrinal in nature. Despite having a handful of outward similarities ...

In Leipzig, a community of former East German campers is keeping old traditions alive, gathering twice a year to remember a way of life that shaped them. The meetups draw about 150 families, who share ...

East Germany opened the Berlin Wall and its other borders Thursday, and its cheering citizens crossed freely to the West for the first time since 1961. Hundreds of people danced on the wall.

A festival of classic cars from the communist era brings out some nostalgia in eastern Germany for pre-unification days, although the abuses that occurred behind the Iron Curtain aren’t forgotten. By ...