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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.

Checkpoint Charlie is ranked #18 out of 20 things to do in Berlin. See pictures and our review of Checkpoint Charlie.

If you’re heading to Berlin on a 48-hour city break, you’ll want to make sure you make the most of your time to feel like you truly experienced everything the German capital has to offer. (Source: ...

Exploring original sites from the Nazi era and the Cold War: the Berlin Wall and Third Reich bicycle tour takes you to places ...

Artists in Soviet-controlled East Berlin didn’t have the freedom to paint anything on the other side, and visitors walking around the 6,338-pound Reagan Library fragment will see that side is ...

The Wall that divided Berlin for nearly three decades was finally opened on November 9, 1989. Joyous crowds, no longer at risk of being the targets of East German sharpshooters, thronged and sat ...

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 ...

A segment of the Wall on Wilhelmstraße. Photo: Nick Hilden. But the most impressive display—at least in the city center—is the East Side Gallery: a long stretch of segments that were muraled ...

Like a monstrous guillotine, the wall has slashed the arteries and nerves of Ber lin. ... Berlin: The Wall; Berlin: The Wall. 3 minute read. TIME. September 8, 1961 12:00 AM GMT-4.

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.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.