Let's paint the scene for you. It's 1991, and you're a former East German peasant factory laborer from one of the cities unfortunate enough to fall on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain. The Berlin ...

Built between 1957 and 1991, the Trabant was as common in East Germany as bratwurst. Most people in the Eastern Block hate it because they basically weren't allowed to drive anything else. Many were ...

2007-06-17 04:00:00 PDT Zwickau, Germany-- East German flags fluttered proudly in the brisk wind. A cheerful young man showed off his black-and-red T-shirt, stamped with the name of the once-feared ...