Victims of the communist party that ruled the former East Germany are set to receive improved financial support following a decision by Germany's Bundestag, the lower house of parliament. The measure, ...

The study came days after more than 40 gravestones were overturned in a Jewish section of the town cemetery of Köthen, in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt. (JTA) — A new survey by ...

In the former East Germany, picturesque medieval villages, storybook castles and palaces, stunning landscapes with forests, parks and gardens and a thousand-year history beckon. While most ...

A court in Berlin sentenced an 80-year-old former officer of the STASI, East Germany's secret police, to ten years in prison ...

“The Purple Witch” for her brightly dyed hair, was a feared hardliner who overhauled school curriculum to include communist doctrine and military training. A small funeral was held in Chile ...