The show explores the often-overlooked history of Jewish life in East Germany, a country that existed for roughly 40 years following World War II until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

and drove him to a suburban villa in East Berlin. There, with only three aides present, an extraordinary confrontation took place. For eight hours, Brandt, the author of West Germany’s policy of ...

The cautious satirists in East Berlin’s Distel (Thistle) cabaret suggested one socialist solution for some of East Germany’s ills: nose plugs. Planning East Suicide. Still, for all its ...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the economy in East Germany broadly collapsed as local businesses and companies faltered and unemployment soared. Despite the federal government spending ...

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 ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the economy in East Germany broadly collapsed as local businesses and companies faltered and ...