Once a symbol of economic disparity in a reunified Germany, East Germany is now rewriting its legacy. A compelling ...

That was old Spitzbart’s way of referring to his late brilliant planningcommission chieftain, Dr. Erich Apel, 48. Apel shot himself in his office three weeks ago, the same day that East Germany ...

In May Ulbricht sent his trade minister, Heinrich Rau, to Moscow to argue the case for greater material support for East Germany. Rau pointed out that East Germany was the only country in Central ...

The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret police, in a case straight out of the Cold War.