If you’re too young to remember the tearing down of the Berlin Wall or even to realize why it mattered, Washington, D.C., may ...

The main honour and credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul ... me sad today is that we are making heroes out of people who do not have such a condition”, said Walesa ...

In August 1961, he decided to build a wall around West Berlin to stop people escaping to there from East Germany. He gambled that the US president, John F Kennedy, would not try to stop him.

Sitting on the Berlin Wall would have been unheard of ... changed a little as it went from word of mouth to word of mouth.

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 ...

Explore the echoes of history as we trace the remarkable journey of the Berlin Wall. From its rise to its fall, this monumental structure has left a profound legacy that shapes modern Berlin.