In 1949, the Soviet-controlled part of Germany became the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or German Democratic Republic, ...

The half-naked protester was filmed defacing remnants of the Berlin Wall kept outside the German embassy in Ukraine capital Kyiv on Sunday with a Hitler mustache and swept-over cropped dark hair st… ...

After WWII, Germany was divided into East and West. The Berlin Wall, built in 1961, physically and ideologically separated East Berlin (communist) and West Berlin (democratic). The Berlin Wall started ...

In another photograph, Harris shows crowds gathered in East Berlin, listening to a speech by Egon Krenz, the last communist leader of East Germany. In the months before the wall fell, massive pro ...

As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification, seen by millions every time they cross a street.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter" and urged mainstream parties to ...

An enduring reminder of the communist era, the vast, concrete "Plattenbau" tower blocks that surround cities in eastern Germany are usually considered eyesores rather than works of art.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's KGB years in East Germany offer a window into his crackdown on protests, war on Ukraine and yearning for empire.

Although the world youth festival was a communist enterprise, its story doesn’t quite fit our cliched version of life in East Germany.