Some 35 years since the demise of the East German regime, a groundbreaking series looking into the daily life in the GDR ...

East Germany's feared secret police had a bit of a sartorial flair. This photo was of a man wearing a fur hat, gold-rimmed sunglasses and a fake moustache was part of a seminar to teach incoming Stasi ...

Ralf Drescher recalls joining a demonstration and storming the headquarters of the East German secret police 35 years ago. Jörg Carstensen/dpa A hand-written flyer changed everything for photographer ...

Tens of thousands of people were locked up and even tortured in this former Stasi prison, now a museum. Euromaxx reporter Meggin Leigh went for a visit. The Berlin Hohenschönhausen Memorial was the ...

Sky has greenlit documentaries on England World Cup winner Geoff Hurst, serial killer Fred West and music producer Phil Spector. Scroll down for the full slate below. Intrusion: Stasi FC uses personal ...

Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom, even by killing them. 1 A vehicle smashes into a steel barrier at a ...

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - When he entered solitary confinement in East Germany's most notorious prison in 1956, Karl Wilhelm Fricke feared he would forget how to speak. Sign up here. More than five ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - For decades, Joachim Fritsch struggled to understand why he was being denied access to higher education and passed over for job promotions again and again. Then he got hold of a 400 ...