Hoyer has several important advantages that Steinbeck and Capa lacked. East Germany’s fearsome internal security apparatus is long gone, which means her surviving subjects are free to speak openly ...

Three decades after German reunification, a group of camping enthusiasts from the former East Germany continues to preserve their shared history through biannual gatherings. Approximately 150 families ...

Take It from Albuquerque: Free Transit Is a Bad Idea When Financial Industry Regulators Are Judge, Prosecutor, and Beneficiary The Fed Should Do One Thing — and One Thing Only Patients Win with Free ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Contemporary works are casting a new light on sentimentality for Communism. By Evan Moffitt WHEN THE ARTIST Henrike Naumann first saw “The Flintstones” on TV, she thought it depicted what life was ...

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 ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin, is a most unusual settlement. It is a walled-in compound of semi-forested land and wide lawns, within which sit some 20 ...

Walking through Weimar, Germany, the legacy of the Holocaust seems inescapable. Stolpersteine — German for “stumbling blocks” ...

The German far right wants to defend the homeland. It just can’t say how — or against whom. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ...