Chemnitz, my second port of call, is the city East Germany’s leaders decided in 1953 to re-christen Karl-Marx-Stadt – only for that change to be reversed in 1990 when it went back to being ...

Towns and cities in eastern German states are inviting people to come and stay in the hope of encouraging more people to move there long-term.

EISENACH, Germany (AP) — Thirty years after Germany was reunited, many once-decrepit city centers in the formerly communist east have been painstakingly restored and new factories have sprung up.

Great German Cities. Special | 1h 13m 10s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Travel expert Rick Steves explores five of Germany's most important cities. Aired 02/19/2017 | Expires 02/19/2027 | Rating ...

The catastrophic history of the Jews in Germany in the 1930s and ’40s is better known than the second half of the 20th century, Berg said. Before Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, there ...

Like many towns and cities in the former East Germany, it has seen its population decline since reunification, from a peak of more than 50,000 to the current level of around 24,000, ...

06/21/2025 June 21, 2025. Towns and cities in eastern German states are inviting people to come and stay in the hope of encouraging more people to move there long-term.