Germany’s division after World War II left an indelible mark on the country, and its effects continue to be felt even decades ...

Dull Paradise. Because of Ulbricht’s efforts, East Germany today is a country that looks different, thinks different and even smells different from West Germany. Hanns Eisler’s anthem speaks o ...

East Germany's leadership had already sealed off the country's main border with West Germany, which snaked from the Baltic Sea to Czechoslovakia, in 1952. The 96-mile-long wall was built by the ...

Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger traveled for three ...

Berlin says poor countries must reform to get EU funds Germany has endorsed the European Commission’s proposal to tie the ...

This is not the case across the country, however ... following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the economy of East Germany was characterized by lower incomes, higher unemployment and weaker growth ...

East-Germany, for example ... and even anti-Semitism in a country that gave the world Auschwitz. These numbers are higher than at any time since the victory over Hitler’s Nazism.

The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a ...

particularly in the former East Germany, the former communist half of the country, which had strong ties to the then-Soviet Union; polling has shown there is more skepticism about NATO and Germany ...

“It harms our country. We’re not Nazis ... The burden of the past is everywhere in East Germany, but doubled. First there were the Nazis, which East Germany officially labeled a West ...