August 13, 1961: In the early hours of the morning, construction of the Wall begins in Berlin. The Wall was a symbol of the ... the end of the GDR and paved the way for the reunification of Germany on ...

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of ...

He demanded that, as Berlin lay in East Germany ... 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall ...

1961, the German Democratic Republic began building a long and high wall at the border separating the east and west zones of Berlin — at the time, Germany’s largest city. The heavily guarded ...

UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa Berlin Wall is built, dividing East and West Germany American-backed Cuban exiles fail in an attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall ... and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany. Once you are finished in the visitor ...

In honour of the 30th anniversary of the Berlin ... of the wall coming down and the agency took it as an opportunity to “send a message for freedom and against walls in the world”. From the time the ...