East Germany's secret police headquarters was stormed, after civil disobedience actions for months beforehand paved the way.

Thomas Billhard, a German photographer and journalist who captured life of Vietnamese during the war, has died at the age of 88.

At a session titled ‘Love in the Time of Uncertainty’, on day one of The Hindu ’s Lit for Life, 2025, Erpenbeck said the ...

Jenny Erpenbeck discusses winning the 2024 International Booker Prize, her love for music, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When viewers of the documentary film Life Behind the Berlin Wall were informed that citizens of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had to wait twelve to seventeen years for a... Here’s What ...

It Was Going to Fail: The MBT-70 was a joint tank project initiated in 1963 by the United States and West Germany to develop a next-generation main battle tank. Aimed... When viewers of the ...

Following World War II, the city became part of German Democratic Republic, often known in English as Eastern Germany. The GDR's communist regime didn't see the need for a biographical connection ...

When the French revolutionaries specified in the constitution of 1791 that a day of national celebration was to be held each ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages in November, it comes when Europe is facing its most uncertain time.

Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, ...