The half-naked protester was filmed defacing remnants of the Berlin Wall kept outside the German ... “FEMEN reminds [people] that tolerating right-wing radical scum is the path to the revival ...

Sitting on the Berlin Wall would have been unheard of just ... "You will see footage of people standing on top of the wall with pickaxes. The wall was quite gaily decorated on the western side ...

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.

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact ... This led to a lack of skilled, educated people in the Eastern sectors. This movement of people became known as the ...

In “We the People,” British historian Timothy Garton Ash described the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of emancipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photography enthusiast ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial ...

At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said ...

Ceremonies throughout Berlin on Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, culminating in the release of balloons tracing the former outline of the wall. Photo: Getty Images ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

On the night of 9th of November 1989, huge crowds stormed the wall dividing the West and East of the German city of Berlin, after a week of protests. The wall was constructed 28 years earlier to ...