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 ...

An 80-year-old former officer of East Germany's secret police has been put on trial for the murder of a Polish man at a Berlin border crossing 50 years ago.

An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided ...

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 Wall and ...

For decades Germany was divided by a 1,400-kilometre border that marked the separation between the Eastern Bloc and the West. Today hikers can explore the country's recent history by walking the ...