SCHLEIFE, Germany (AP) — Anke Hanusch dips her tool into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed Easter egg in her hand. Back and forth, wax to egg, egg to wax, as the honeycomb pattern ...

ELSTERHEIDE, Germany -- A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that's been passed down by Sorbian families for generations.

SCHLEIFE, Germany — Anke Hanusch dips her tool into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed Easter egg in her hand. Back and forth, wax to egg, egg to wax, as the honeycomb pattern grows.

Traditional decorated Easter Eggs lay on a table prior to the opening of an Easter Market of Germany's Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority, in Schleife, Germany, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP ...

Frankfurt, Germany, April 17, 1949: Two children look unhappy to put all their eggs in one shared box during the annual Easter egg hunt. Children scoured the grounds of the Palmgarten, Frankfurt’s ...

SAALFELD, Germany - You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first decorated ...

As Easter approached at the end of March 2024, we looked into the many origin theories of the Christian holiday. The occasion celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his ...

Frankfurt, Germany, April 17, 1949: A little girl looks triumphant holding not one, but two easter baskets filled with eggs and a chocolate bunny as her friends around her look less pleased. The ...