During the Cold War, East Germany had very little money, because the Soviet Union h...  ...hese prisoners -and their family members- to West Germany . Journalist Gavin Haines wrote about the practice...  ...til Haines' article came out. He says both sides, East and West, weren't...

When the Berlin Wall came down, the East German secret police, known as Stasi, knew their...  ...millions. Read how computers are reconstructing East

This week Der Spiegel has an article commemorati...  ...oduction of pedestrian Don't Walk/Walk signals to East Germany . The hat became the trademark of East German pedestrian crossings. It made them unique...  ...aid. The link provides background history of the East German i...