The Communist regime was prepared for everything “except candles and prayers.” East Germany’s peaceful 1989 revolution showed that societies that don’t reform, die.
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Sigmund Jähn, First German in Space and a Hero Back Home, Dies at 82
He spent almost eight days aboard a space station in 1978 and was hailed by East Germans as a symbol of socialist achievement.
Syrian Children Saved a German Village. And a Village Saved Itself.
Four years after Germany took in over one million migrants, integration is quietly working, one village at a time.
Frederic Pryor, Player in ‘Bridge of Spies’ Case, Dies at 86
Arrested and jailed on an espionage charge in East Berlin in 1961, Mr. Pryor, an economics student, became part of a famous prisoner exchange.
German Far Right Makes Election Gains, but Falls Short of Victory
The Alternative for Germany surged in two elections in the former East Germany, but the parties in Angela Merkel’s coalition managed to cling to power.
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Reporting Dilemma: Should I Take My Clothes Off?
A Times reporter shares the naked truth about the tricky logistics of reporting out a story about German nudists.
Putin’s Stasi ID Is Found in German Archive
Long before he was president of Russia, Vladimir Putin worked as a K.G.B. officer in Dresden in the former East Germany and had access to Germany’s dreaded secret police.
One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right
Germany is again divided between east and west. To understand why, it helps to look at eastern men, who lost their jobs and their country as many women fled west.