People often write about the mixer, "It runs and runs and runs." This comment is likely a reference to the well-known ...

The Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, located in southeastern Germany, symbolizes the unresolved conflict between the former East ...

German authorities are discussing the possibility of renaming streets named after GDR and Soviet period figures, including ...

"Original GDR Soft Ice Cream" has become a genuine money-spinner for Steffen Pretzsch, 56, who runs an ice cream parlour near Naumburg Cathedral. Two billboards advertise the treat outside his café, ...

Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great history — Martin Luther, Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, ...

Lenzen, Germany is turning itself into a green tourist destination, with the country’s largest vegan hotel and a nature preserve. It also has a fascinating Cold War history. ByChristopher Elliott, ...

EISENHÜTTENSTADT, Germany — Back behind the Iron Curtain, when this town 75 miles southeast of Berlin was called Stalinstadt, it was meant to be a blueprint for utopian life in Communist East Germany ...

The Big Ideas: What Is History? After moments of great upheaval, scars can last for generations. By Jenny Erpenbeck Jenny Erpenbeck is a writer. This personal reflection is part of a series called The ...

In June 1953, harsh quotas, economic hardship, and growing resentment triggered mass strikes on Stalinallee that quickly ...