was once a typical reply in shops throughout East Germany ... Beyond the cars, an oversized map informs visitors about the post-Nazi division of Germany into occupation zones.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and for 28 years, it stood as the front line of the Cold War between the Western world order, led by the U.S., and the Soviets. East Germany's leadership had ...

When East Germany was split off from the West in the aftermath of World War II, it had 18 million people. In the 15 years since then, 3,400,000 East Germans have fled to the West, leaving behind ...

Alongside bustling, burgeoning West Germany (pop ... maintain Soviet military dominance over the whole East European satellite world, this hapless, cheerless rump of a country has such invaluable ...

Instead, Germany’s first democratic society only emerged for a short time – between the years 1919 and 1933. In other words, East-Germans who were living under a Stalinist regime between 1945 ...

A 2-0 win over Australia in the East Germany’s first ever game at a World Cup finals was followed four days later by a 1-1 draw with Chile in their second. A somewhat unexpected scoreless draw ...