Panty hose, that's only one of the things political prisoners in the German Democratic Republic had to manufacture. A new study has provided an insight into the lives of forced laborers who - ...

The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains why ...

The GDR Museum in Berlin is actually two museums in one. And these two parts, both devoted to everyday life in the German Democratic Republic, subtly contradict one another. That might not have been ...

In 2017, 'Goodbye Lenin' was screened in Berlin living rooms "ostalgically" designed to look like those in the GDR. Photo: DPA Nearing the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we ...

In 1965, West Germany and Israel started diplomatic relations. But there was no love lost between East Germany and the Jewish state and anti-Semitism in the GDR was strong, Anetta Kahane told DW. DW: ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

People in Germany suffer from division. They suffer from a wall which literally stands in their way and rejects them. When we dismantle what separates people, we do justice to the unmistakable urge of ...

Citizens of former East Germany were subjected to communist dictators, an all-imposing secret police and material shortages. Yet these issues became the butt of many knee-slapping jokes. These ...