It's not a lakeside villa or a downtown condominium - it's an unassuming property nestled in a forest near Pasewalk, a German town west of the Polish border, that Heinz Fuhrmann wants to sell for €1 ...

Former chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, has called German reunification "a great stroke of luck," despite the challenges, in an interview as the nation celebrates 35 years since ...

In the northern outskirts of Berlin near Bernau once lay one of the most secretive and exclusive places of the former East Germany. In the so-called Waldsiedlung Wandlitz, the political leadership ...

While it looked a little like the Italian supercar, the Melkus RS 1000 was powered by a far less impressive engine. Nevertheless, this East German gem was a fascinating lightweight mid-engine gem that ...

Though spared from actual warfare, the tank’s role in deterrence and crisis response was crucial, influencing global military dynamics and leaving an indelible mark on armored history. During the Cold ...

Rolling into Germany with salvage crews and empty freight cars, the Soviet conquerors of 1945 carted off everything of value. To Mother Russia went East Germany’s ...

Even after almost 35 years when the so-called German Reunification which was, in reality, a bit more like an Anschluss wherein West-Germany simply took over East-Germany occurred, a divided Germany ...

Frieder Heinze and Olaf Wegewitz, 18 Unaulutu: Steinchen im Sand (Leipzig: Reklam, 1985) (all images courtesy Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library) Through zines sneaked ...

The title “Democratic Republic” sounds nowhere more hollow than when applied to the present government of East Germany. Its rulers can scarcely be reassured by recent events in Hungary, where the ...

ESCP Business School provides funding as a member of The Conversation EUROPE. ESCP Business School provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. When asked about my opinion on German ...