FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...

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. Berlin's "anti-fascist ...

Thirty years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped Berlin's Reichstag building in silver foil, the German capital is paying tribute to the spectacular art event with a light installation. Every ...

Berlin, September 11, 1957: Twelve years after the end of World War II, the walls of the battle-scarred Reichstag building are covered with graffiti left by victorious Soviet troops. The West German ...

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 ...

In the final days of April 1945, the Soviet Red Army launched a relentless assault on Berlin, culminating in the fierce battle for the Reichstag. Amidst this chaos, Adolf Hitler, ensconced in his ...

A group of activists failed in their attempt to dismantle Berlin’s most controversial Holocaust memorial. They were upset that the provocative sculpture originally contained the ashes of victims of ...

For tourists unaware of history, the restored Reichstag building in Berlin, which reopened to the public in 1999, was just a new dome to climb. Years ago, when I got my history degree, I said to ...

Over the midterm break, a group of 69 students and 10 teachers travelled to Berlin for a four-day educational and cultural ...

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over the Nazis in an intense fight for the German capital in May 1945. BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the ...