Berlin is commemorating the 1953 East German uprising more than seven decades after citizens rose up to call for democracy.

The West will assimilate the East and transform the fruits of its revolution into profits for its companies. Nothing will remain of the German Democratic ... supposed to be uniform, everyone ...

To his left is a woman who also protested the state-administered school uniform ... the East German dictatorship—informers are still widely used, for instance. But states are now using modern ...

She denies she was close to the Communist rulers in East Germany, where she grew up. So this 1972 photo of her in military-style uniform has left German Chancellor Angela Merkel ‘not amused’.

Merkel grew up in the town of Templin, 70km north of the East German capital Berlin. Newspaper Bild published the photo under the headline: "This young woman in the uniform is our Chancellor today." ...

There has never been a better reason for soldiers in German uniform. NEXT the political aspect. The Middle East conflict dominates the struggle between radical Islam and the West. Without a ...