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.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Berlin is filled with poignant memories of its communist days ... hawkers still sell “authentic” pieces of the Wall, East German flags, and military paraphernalia to gawking tourists.

she adds, referring to the Communist and Soviet-backed German Democratic Republic that ruled East Germany from 1949 ... (“Säxit”), are also waving flags. A scene at the Monday demonstration ...

Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great ...

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. The East German politician ...