Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...
The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this month received little attention ... but for some, the ...
In “We the People,” British historian Timothy Garton Ash described the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of emancipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photography enthusiast ...
Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. News Wrap: Anonymous official’s book ...
The Berlin Wall divided Germany for almost 30 years. It tore families apart and destroyed lives. Both the construction and the fall of the Wall were key moments in German history -- and beyond.
Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches ... the political and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany.
Watch: The moment the Berlin Wall fell... and a party erupted The ... under the grip of the Socialist Unity Party but momentum was building and by 4 November 1989, half a million citizens had ...
The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...
Berlin’s East Side Gallery is a long stretch of wall segments muraled shortly after ... the past as history weary Berlin is contemporized. Construction projects are ubiquitous as old, weird ...
The night the Berlin Wall, divider of Germany and of the world ... Often, parts of it were used as building material. But tourists are still lining up to buy remnants, 35 years on, whether ...