Hoyer interweaves the experiences of ordinary East German citizens to illustrate what daily life was like under communist ...

The Wall was a symbol of the Cold War that divided the world into East and West. In 1989, a peaceful revolution brought the fall of the Wall, the end of the GDR and paved the way for the reunification ...

I’m currently reading a brilliant history of East Germany, ‘Beyond The Wall’ by Katja Hoyer. It would be unfair to compare ...

In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised. An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

The election campaign in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) was dominated by a single theme: reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The GDR parliament convened in the Palace ...

Gregor Gysi will kick off the first session of the new Bundestag when it convenes on Tuesday, March 25. The 77-year-old leftist is free to decide on the content and length of his speech.