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 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.

On November 9, 1989, a most extraordinary thing happened: The Berlin Wall was torn down by ordinary people. Decades later, the world’s a very different place, and the remnants of the wall are ...

One of the longest-remaining segments of the Berlin Wall was demolished in the neighborhood of Pankow. Historians argue it should have been preserved.

Anna Kaminsky, whose family was separated during the Cold War by the Berlin Wall in 1961, remembers her family's heartrending story and talks about her experience, her book and her own attempts to ...

It will be 50 years ago Saturday that construction began on the Berlin Wall. The barrier that divided East and West Berlin eventually grew to be 27 miles long. In one area in the center of the ...

New Berlin will not use ballot drop boxes in the upcoming fall elections. Voters must submit ballots using alternative methods for the 2024 elections.

Border troops of the Army - the Grenztruppen were formed to protect the inner border with Western Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia and the Wall surrounding West Berlin.

But how did the wall appear? Divisive split Berlin was divided after World War II. In 1949, East Berlin - the Soviet-occupied zone - became the capital of the newly-created German Democratic Republic.

BERLIN -- In a dark and drafty warehouse, a new Berlin Wall is taking shape. Nearly 1,000 pieces, each one over 8 feet tall, 3 feet wide and 16 inches thick, have already been crafted. Soon, they ...

The border guards on the Communist side of the Berlin Wall could hardly believe their eyes. There, across the barrier in West Berlin, stood a lissome girl methodically taking off her clothes.

Once a wall that symbolised the war between tyranny and freedom, Berlin Wall is now being sold off piece by piece as souvenirs.