International borders have changed dramatically over the centuries. In some cases entire countries have been erased from the ...

In the spooky Stasi HQ in Leipzig, now a rather sinister museum, Tobias Hollitzer, the museum’s director, is telling me about ...

In the late 1950s, the awful consequences of life under East German/Soviet rule caused people to vote with their feet—to move from East Germany into West Germany. The movement, in the early ...

Germany’s AfD is targeting Russian-speakers who migrated to Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. BERLIN — The far-right ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Sopron ... between the West and the communist bloc controlled by the Soviet Union. East Germans were at the time kept under tight surveillance, with very ...

the Soviet forces moved into Germany from the East, replacing Nazi forces in a number of countries in Eastern Europe. The Americans and the British could do nothing about this while Nazi Germany ...

After decades under Soviet rule, the former East Germany doesn’t view Moscow as a threat to the same extent as in the ...

On Oct. 7, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces declared the country at war and launched large-scale military operations against ...

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a mutual-defense pact between 32 countries of Europe and North America. It ...

Antisemitic incidents reported in Germany have multiplied in the year following the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. From stones thrown to faltering friendships, DW examines the impact on Jewish ...

Making a flyover appearance at the 1950 Soviet May Day parade, the Il-28 went on to become one of the most prolific, reliable ...