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

In the middle of the Cold War, David Carlson served in the Army at a crucial location in the former West Germany. It was a ...

West Germany joined NATO in May 1955 after the ... of each other led to a series of tense stand-offs throughout the Cold War.

East Germans fleeing communism were once housed there. - 'Grief, depression, trauma' - Many communities have long complained ...

The meeting underlined the differences between the Allied powers, and set the stage for a post-war "cold ... divisions in Germany became de facto country boundaries, creating West and East ...

Tom Nilles swears he did nothing special when he was a soldier in the United States Army. “I was just a typical northwest ...

During the first Cold War (1947-1991), many countries prepared to survive the effects of weapons of mass destruction. You can ...

During the Cold War, when Germany was split between West and East, people still fell in love across the physical and ideological border. Some risked everything to cross over to join their partners.

I served in the United States Air Force Security Service for five years, from 1955. I enlisted right after high school ...

So as Cold War comparisons hover over European security, the politics of that period has also renewed itself in Germany in a stark and unexpected way. In a bid to bolster security, the German ...

The biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War era took place earlier ... released from prisons in the US, Norway, Germany, Poland and Slovenia, including individuals ...