The history of the Berlin Wall from its construction in 1961 to its fall in 1989. A powerful symbol of the Cold War.

Feeling fed up and ignored ... with the divide in Berlin closing in 1961 - separating families and communities overnight. The borders remained shut until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November ...

Two months after the D.C. plane crash killed 67, including six people affiliated with the Boston club, the members had to ...

“An iron curtain has descended across the continent,” Winston Churchill said in a famous 1946 speech, defining the conflict that would consume Europe—and the world—for the remainder of the ...

In 1961, Russia built a wall armed with 302 machine gun towers, to prevent people escaping from East Berlin to freedom in ... War II and Europe was carved up, with Russia taking control of eastern ...

While Germany attempts to form its new government, only four of its political parties will have the chance to become part of ...

President Reagan was referring to the Berlin Wall, which had separated West Berlin from East Berlin since 1961. President Reagan ... As Americans, we must hold up the moral mirror to our leaders.

YIVO will mark its 100th anniversary on March 24, approaching the digital age invigorated and ready to reach more Jews.

Surly, cantankerous and occasionally violent, the late Ginger Baker was nonetheless one of rock’s greatest drummers. In 2011, ...

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The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source ... Kennedy was under pressure to stand up to the communist Soviet Union.