BERLIN (AP) — Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany's last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country's first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early ...

An order prohibiting Jews from joining the Communist people’s police is the latest anti-Jewish move in the Soviet-held part of Germany where a drive has been going on to purge Jews from public offices ...

BERLINBERLIN — Germany’s parliament on Friday commemorated the 70th anniversary of a popular uprising in the Communist east that was brutally crushed by its Soviet-backed dictatorship. Worsening ...

A former member of communist East Germany's secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974, prosecutors said Thursday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Former prime minister of East Germany Modrow poses on the red carpet during the fourth Semperopernball in Dresden FILE ...

Hans Modrow, who as the last Communist prime minister of East Germany oversaw democratic reforms that opened the way to German reunification, has died at age 95, Germany’s hard-left Die Linke party ...

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