Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany's heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin ...

Editor’s note: Story was originally published on Nov. 9. 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its ...

As the West resolutely girded for any Communist-made showdown on Berlin, East German Puppet Boss Walter Ulbricht showed signs of nervousness. He ordered the 100,000 men of East Germany’s “People’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germany on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the 1953 uprising in Berlin against the East German communist government. "We ...

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 popularity.

An 80-year-old former Stasi officer has gone on trial for the killing of a Polish man at a Berlin border crossing 50 years ago. The suspect, unnamed due to German privacy rules, faces murder charges ...

Seen through the calculating eyes of East Germany’s economic planners, the Berlin Wall has been a huge success. Though a moral outrage and a physical eyesore, it has stanched the drain of manpower ...

A former member of communist East Germany's secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974, prosecutors said Thursday.