Located in the east and some distance from the West German border, Berlin had also ... While guard dogs, electrified fences ...

They were crossing the border from Hungary, where the regime had torn gaping holes in the Iron Curtain that separated East from West. Meanwhile at home in East Germany, for those protesters who ...

This is the kind of hack that [Günter] pulled off when he and [Peter] built a homemade hot air balloon to escape East Germany and the ... on his side of the Berlin Wall. Travel, job options ...

17 x 23.7 cm. (6.7 x 9.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

East Side Gallery 3-kilometer section of the Berlin Wall. Following the Wall's fall in 1989, artists from around the world came together to transform this bleak structure into a canvas of hope and ...

On 13 August 1961, the Soviet authorities in East Germany sealed off East Berlin – their ... replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed guards who had orders to shoot ...

Planning to cross the Inner German Border during the Cold War ... many normal people tried to escape East Germany, but were hindered by the Berlin Wall. Balloon tells the story of two friends ...

Located in the center of Berlin ... Germany. Once you are finished in the visitor center, head across the street to see preserved remnants of the border strip. In addition to part of the Berlin ...