Depopulated towns in Germany's ex-communist east have come up with a novel scheme to bring back life: offering people several ...

Residential tower blocks made of prefabricated concrete slabs were built in many parts of the world during the second half of the 20th century, but this type of building was particularly popular in ...

The “trial-living” scheme aims to revitalize half-deserted communities as Germany nears the 35th anniversary of its ...

East Germany in 1980, in the excellent drama “Barbara,” is a country of browns and dingy yellows. The wall through the divided city of Berlin is still standing, and it is still keeping its people “in.

The former East German Ministry for State Security’s archives show the struggles for freedom leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago and the life of East German citizens during the ...

The Guernsey premiere of the locally-made short film Whispers of Freedom included a Q&A with cast and crew and was ...

A cheap way to manage the housing shortage in former GDR cities, the prefab concrete buildings were long derided for their monotony. Their cultural legacy is now being explored anew.Residential tower ...