Since we’re all connected to City University, we thought we’d do a video for Chris Brauer’s online journalism lecture to explain a little bit about what we do and why. Feel free to tweet us further questions at @berlinproject

In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Turkish migrants were largely over looked by the government and targeted by radicals, as Germany struggled to reunite.

What does November 9th mean to Berlin’s Turkish community 20 years on? Marco Woldt investigates…

Twenty years after the fall of the wall, many former East Germans are longing for what once was but is no more. It’s a sentiment known as Ostalgie, or nostalgia for the East.

Immediately after unification, East Germans were quick to embrace Western culture; today East German products like Vita Cola and the Trabant car are making [...]]]>

Twenty years after the fall of the wall, many former East Germans are longing for what once was but is no more. It’s a sentiment known as Ostalgie, or nostalgia for the East.

Immediately after unification, East Germans were quick to embrace Western culture; today East German products like Vita Cola and the Trabant car are making a resurgence thanks to Ostalgie.

But is it simply a case of East Germans celebrating some elements of their past? Or is a deeper lack of identification with Western values at the heart of this sentiment?

Sheena Rossiter has more