The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Berlin – Every Berliner knows him. And millions of tourists have taken photos with a picture of him. His faded, larger-than-life-sized portrait has loomed for 25 years over Checkpoint Charlie ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, ... 1989, at Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.

by Rick Steves, December 16, 2024 | Remaining segments of the Berlin Wall provide a reminder of the impact this 30-year-long division had on peoples' lives. Read more here.

The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe ...

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.

Nov. 9 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, ... was the nickname that Western Allies gave the best-known border crossing point between East and West Berlin.

For nearly 30 years the Berlin Wall divided Germany’s biggest city in two, just as a heavily fortified fence cut all of East Germany off from the West.

A giant cylindrical aquarium that had become a landmark in the years since the fall of the Berlin Wall burst, raining one million liters of water and 1,500 exotic fish on a busy crossing.