In the northern outskirts of Berlin near Bernau once lay one of the most secretive and exclusive places of the former East ...

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 popularity.

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 ...

IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in landmark move (CNN) — Furniture giant IKEA has agreed to pay 6 million euros ($6.5 million) towards a ...

Let's paint the scene for you. It's 1991, and you're a former East German peasant factory laborer from one of the cities unfortunate enough to fall on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain. The Berlin ...

At higher echelons, battalion and division-level comparisons reveal contrasts in logistics, unit composition, and strategic ...

For the first time since the 1948 Soviet blockade, the Communists this week shut off German traffic on the Autobahn linking West Berlin and West Germany. Armed Red police forbade anyone to leave East ...