I keep thinking of that iconic 1991 film which so brilliantly portrayed an East German family in the first throes of freedom ...

How East Germany's 'traffic light man' became a beloved icon As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification ...

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

Socialist classicism gave out to glass and steel as I arrived at Potsdamer Platz. Once the beating heart of a pre-war Berlin, ...

Berlin, Germany’s capital, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this Friday and Saturday (November 8 ...

For two nights running, hundreds and then thousands of right-wing extremists and sympathisers have taken to the streets ... more fertile ground in Germany's former east - fuelled, some argue ...

"East Germany's history is full of breaks and fractures ... which meant high-levels of racist attacks on the streets. Today far-right rhetoric also targets Muslims and refugees.

In the former East Germany, picturesque medieval villages ... Walk the cobblestone streets lined with 16th-century houses and the pedestrian-only Collegienstrasse and Schlossstrasse, visit ...

As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification, seen by millions every time they cross a street.

East Germany's "Ampelmann" or pedestrian "traffic ... while simultaneously launching an appeal for the Ampelmann to be saved on the streets. The campaign struck a chord with many East Germans ...