On the outskirts of Berlin, Waldsiedlung Krumme Lanke is an idyllic neighborhood with a sinister past, and a symbol of ...

In November 1938, a seventeen year old refugee without papers named Herschel Grynzspan from Poland walked into the Nazi ...

With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor ...

The Berdychiv synagogue, also a Jewish shelter, is badly in need of repair — but no sponsor has come forth. Volunteer Hennadiy Kysliuk (inset) sees no future, but he’s not giving up. (Getty Images via ...

the economy in East Germany shrank by 0.1% and in Germany as a whole by 0.2%. The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) expects stagnation for East Germany in 2025 and growth of 1.1% in 2026.

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

They’re the strongest party in east Germany.” When the Wall came down, reunification followed soon after. Under the leadership of West Germany’s Christian Democrat chancellor Helmut Kohl ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the economy in East Germany broadly collapsed as local businesses and companies faltered and unemployment ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the country's eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23 — and economic concerns have played a part in its ...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of industry in the former East Germany, many women have left the region and never returned. Men are now over-represented, with a surplus of up to ...