The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election ...

Ralf Drescher recalls joining a demonstration and storming the headquarters of the East German secret police 35 years ago. Jörg Carstensen/dpa ...

beginning with the huge exodus of East Germans to the West but especially after the opening of the Wall, the administration concentrated on the political aspects of the situation -- stability and ...

Victims of the communist party that ruled the former East Germany are set to receive improved financial support following a decision by Germany's Bundestag, the lower house of parliament. The measure, ...

The East German Parliament rubber-stamped the demand of the justice minister, Hilde Benjamin, for powers to prosecute fleeing citizens. They now are escaping from the satellite at the rate of ...

But the files were saved by East German citizens who stormed Stasi offices in the city of Erfurt. Earlier this year, researchers at the Stasi Records Agency released an analysis of the former ...