Life in the Communist-ruled German Democratic Republic (GDR) was simpler and sometimes could be “almost comfortable in a certain way”, Chancellor Angela Merkel ... to East Germany as a ...

Ronny Hartmann / Getty Images Angela Merkel (born Angela ... serving chancellor in German history. Merkel was born in West Germany, raised in East Germany, and studied chemistry.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir ... offers a matter-of-fact account of her early life in communist East Germany and her later career in politics, laced with moments of ...

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming ...

Nina Hagen and Angela Merkel are both in their mid-60s and from the old East Germany Angela ... entitled 1980s Europop hit Life Is Life in 2014. How Germany's Merkel shaped a generation Angela ...

Angela Merkel ... collapsing as Germany faces political instability, economic uncertainty, and social crisis. The early section of Freedom, about the first half of Merkel’s life in the GDR ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages in November, it comes when Europe is facing its most uncertain time.

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005 ... and social crisis. The early section of Freedom, about the first half of Merkel’s life in the GDR, offers a few clues as to her nascent ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to a participant ... of solidarity with other women. In East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Merkel explains that women were urgently ...