"Women in Divided Germany" is the title of an exhibition 35 years after reunification. It sheds light on the realities of life for women in former East and West Germany. Clara Marz believes there ...

Throughout the summer of 1989, the Communist regime found itself under enormous pressure because huge numbers of East Germans were slipping through to the West by avoiding East Germany's lethally ...

A Battle to Preserve the Berlin Wall as Cold War Landmark In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and ...

In the GDR (the old East Germany) the situation was completely different ... arrived as quota refugees by 2005 and they not only ensured a renaissance of Jewish life, but also brought about a ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

On a wet evening in Suhl, in the former East Germany, a smattering of youthful faces were among hundreds lining up to hear from an unlikely idol - Björn Höcke, one of the most controversial ...

But new research suggests an additional factor. The AfD posted its biggest wins in the former East Germany, where young people have been moving away from former industrial regions and rural areas ...