Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of The Glass Wall: Lives on the Baltic Frontier In 1992 I went by train from Vilnius, ...

Similar to what happened with the Treaty of Versailles in 1918, the end of World War II reshaped the European map, with a special impact on the eastern part of the continent and the borders between ...

Despite wartime devastation and more than 40 years of Soviet suppression of its German history, East Prussia is still present in the landscape of the Kaliningrad region, Russia’s exclave on the Baltic ...

So far, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has delivered vast damage and devastation upon the latter nation, caused thousands of fatalities to civilians and military personnel alike, had a growing ...

Her ancestry reflects 70 years of Soviet policies towards ethnic minorities. Cveta and Oleg can boast a variety of national legacies within the ranks of their families. After chasing away the German ...

The territory formerly known as East Prussia once belonged to Germany, but it became part of the Soviet Union after World War II. The region was renamed Kaliningrad Oblast, and the German population ...