The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and for 28 years, it stood as the front line of the Cold War between the Western world order, led by the U.S., and the Soviets.

On another hot day in June 1991, four years after Reagan’s speech, the wall was being removed, and Germany had unified as one nation, under the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

A 3-ton portion of the original Berlin Wall found a new permanent place in Tijuana, just a few feet away from the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall was installed Aug. 13 on the Mexican side of ...

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 9 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany ...