Through the decades the wall was in place, thousands of people managed to escape from East Berlin, but at least 140 were killed in the attempt, many of them shot by East German border guards.

The Berlin Wall itself had been constructed in very much the same fashion as it came down, rapidly and without warning. It was erected almost overnight by the German Democratic Republic (East ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Placed next to a display of pictures from the New Year's Eve after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it reads in the spirit of how an American might tell a Chuck Norris joke. “Bringing down ...

Berlin “No Photos on the Dance Floor!Berlin 1989 — Today” documents the history of Berlin’s club scene after the wall fell, when bars, clubs, galleries, and studios began popping up in ...