What it was like witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall
When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, ...
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Did you know? Two pieces of the Berlin Wall are in Central New York
Did you know Central New York holds pieces of the Berlin Wall? Discover where these Cold War relics are hidden and their ...
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“The main credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II”
“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Later, other symbolic walls came down, and the Germans, of course, tore down the literal wall in Berlin. The fall of the ...
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The USA's response to the Berlin Wall
Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...
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The creation of the Berlin Wall
Nikita Khrushchev had become leader of the Soviet Union in 1956. In August 1961, he decided to build a wall around West Berlin to stop people escaping to there from East Germany. He gambled that ...
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The Berlin Wall: Tracing Its History and Legacy in Modern-Day Berlin
Explore the echoes of history as we trace the remarkable journey of the Berlin Wall. From its rise to its fall, this ...
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Berlin After World War II
D'Addario also spent time in the former Nazi capital of Berlin, which was occupied by Soviet, American, British and French troops. There he documented the hardships of Berliners' daily lives.