When East Germany was split off from the West in the aftermath of World War ... Trouble is that Communism’s proven means of sealing borders—land-mined strips, barbed-wire barriers and machine ...

Although no one could have predicted the extraordinary events that rocked East Germany in ... to open its borders to allow more than 12,000 East Germans to leave for the West.

About an hour into the rambling news conference, Schabowski mentioned that East Germany was lifting all restrictions on travel across its border into West Germany. Pressed on when the new ...

This also applies to East Germany, even if here exports to the US play a smaller role than for the West German economy. In 2024, gross domestic product (GDP) in East Germany fell by 0.1% ...