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Berlin Weighs Renaming Magdalenenstraße Station as ‘Campus der Demokratie’

The CDU’s bid to emphasize the site’s educational mission has drawn criticism for risking the station’s historical identity.

Germany Raises Pensions for 5,800 Former East German Prisoners

Germany Marks 72nd Anniversary of DDR Uprising as Officials Urge Expanded Victim Aid

Berlin Stasi Memorial Files Complaint After NVA Uniformed Man Threatens Reopening

Fritz Streletz, Former GDR Military Leader, Dies at 98

IKEA Commits €6 Million to Compensate East German Forced Labor Victims

Historic DDR Bunker Opens to Public in Brandenburg

Ex-Stasi Agent Faces 12-Year Sentence for 1974 Berlin Shooting