For one thing, four-fifths of the country’s production remains in industrial goods; for another, the average wage of $ 151 a month does not go much beyond bare necessities. The East German ...

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Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger traveled for three ...

Dull Paradise. Because of Ulbricht’s efforts, East Germany today is a country that looks different, thinks different and even smells different from West Germany. Hanns Eisler’s anthem speaks o ...

Germany's far-right ... wing blue wall in Germany's east. In most eastern constituencies, AfD candidates are in the lead. This is not the case across the country, however. The CDU, with its ...

Berlin is commemorating the 1953 East German uprising more than seven decades after citizens rose up to call for democracy.

In Germany, however, even such humble household staples can trigger deep-seated national anxieties. In the east of the country, several big supermarket chains have revived food products that hark ...

The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...