The German dictatorship is perhaps unique in claiming nothing less than complete control over the whole intellectual and spiritual life of the nation. By comparison, thought and conscience are ...

Banning political parties made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country. This removed other parties as a source of opposition. 30 June 1934 Night of the Long Knives ...

Gysi grew up in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a communist dictatorship. The trained lawyer, and son of former GDR ...

Banning political parties made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country. This removed other parties as a source of opposition. 30 June 1934 Night of the Long Knives ...

Evelyn Zupke, federal commissioner for victims of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) dictatorship -- which founded and ruled the former communist East Germany -- said Ikea's commitment to ...

Jason Stanley, a Yale professor and fascism scholar, is moving to Canada due to concerns about the U.S. political climate and ...

This is the realization faced by Stasi victim Peter Keup, the focus of “The Spies Among Us,” as well as our guide to Germany’s history with communist dictatorship. Keup was imprisoned for ...