Hoyer has several important advantages that Steinbeck and Capa lacked. East Germany’s fearsome internal security apparatus is long gone, which means her surviving subjects are free to speak openly ...

Beyond the Wall. By Katja Hoyer. Allen Lane; 496 pages; £25. To be published in America by Basic Books in September; $35 In the eyes of its critics, the communist-run part of Germany was never a ...

Take It from Albuquerque: Free Transit Is a Bad Idea When Financial Industry Regulators Are Judge, Prosecutor, and Beneficiary The Fed Should Do One Thing — and One Thing Only Patients Win with Free ...

Though spared from actual warfare, the tank’s role in deterrence and crisis response was crucial, influencing global military dynamics and leaving an indelible mark on armored history. During the Cold ...

When my husband and I drove across East Germany (the German Democratic Republic/GDR) in 1970 on our way to West Berlin, I could never have imagined someday spending a semester in the East that would ...

Hidden deep in the former East Germany, we found a home that hasn’t been lived in since the final years of the Cold War.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Yosef Tekoah as Israel’s ambassador to the UN from 1968 to 1975. Courtesy of Ben Gurion University of the Negev/Wikipedia A half-century ago on Monday, the United Nations voted to admit West Germany ...

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