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 ...

In West Germany, in contrast, many more women stayed at home, were housewives, until the 1980s. Regression in the East, progress in the West ...

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 ...

Anna Wenske, 69, worked for decades at the national theater of East Germany, where she was born and still lives. “After the reunification, everything went kaput,” she said.

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election on Feb. 23.

East Germany is a far-right stronghold — and economic concerns helped make it happen By Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC • Published February 12, 2025 • Updated on February 12, 2025 at 3:19 am ...

East Germany is a far-right stronghold — and economic concerns helped make it happen By Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC • Published February 12, 2025 • Updated on February 12, 2025 at 2:19 am ...

After the wall came down in 1989, right-wing radicalism boomed in former East Germany. Riots in 1991 and 1992 in cities of Rostock and Hoyerswerda saw racist participants attacking refugee ...

The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election on Feb. 23.