Symbolic of the Cold War, the 155-kilometre concrete wall cut the German capital in half and separated its citizens.

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and ...

The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, ...

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. But that's not where its story ended: Today, you can find pieces of the wall around ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur - Freelance travel writer It’s ...

As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution that ...

Whenever I visit Berlin I can't help remembering my spooky visit to East Berlin back in 1971. I vividly recall how, as we were about to return to West Berlin, our tour bus was stopped and emptied at a ...

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the Cold War's most infamous border. Berlin's "anti-fascist ...

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of ...

CHECKPOINT Charlie… the name still sends a shiver down the spine of people like me who are old enough to remember the Sixties ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) -A former officer for Communist East Germany's Stasi secret police was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday for the fatal shooting of a Polish firefighter at a border crossing ...