Our story on the difficulty German women face in trying to pursue a career and raise a family prompted some readers to share stories of confronting the country’s traditional attitudes to gender roles.

Frank Matthias Kurt Berger has been sentenced for the unlawful indecent assault of a younger farm worker. He was previously convicted of the sexual assault of a university student. A German man has ...

BERLIN -- Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned ...