East Germany
Journalist Kati Marton on the legacy of Angela Merkel
16 Dec 2021
After 31 years in politics - 16 of them as Germany's leader - Angela Merkel's successor finally took over the country last week. It ended quite a swan song for Merkel, who announced back in 2018 that… Audio, Gallery
Women's sex lives under socialism
29 Nov 2019
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. Audio
The rise of Germany's new ultranationalist intelligentsia
13 Oct 2019
The far right in East Germany has long been associated with the disaffected masses, but there is a growing intellectual class helping to change the narrative. Julian Göpffarth's work focuses on the… Audio
A family divided by the Berlin Wall
26 Oct 2016
What is it like to live in a world split in two? Nina Willner a former US Army Intelligence Officer, traces her family's incredible history on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Her mother Hanna was just… Audio, Gallery