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

The study also documented 44 East German border guards taking their own life. Some experts have questioned these figures. They say the circumstances - for example suicides - may not have been ...

In the GDR (the old East Germany) the situation was completely different ... Around 220,000 people had arrived as quota refugees by 2005 and they not only ensured a renaissance of Jewish life, but ...

From a childhood living above the Ulster Bank in Belfast's York Street, via the London Blitz to four decades spent as an artist in communist East Germany, hers is a remarkable 20th Century life story.

This is what their life looks like in Germany a year later ... it was commonly taught in schools when the town was part of East Germany. Since late March 2022, the family has been living in ...