The Berlin Wall, which came down 25 years ago, split the great German city, separating friends and families. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

The large segments of the Berlin Wall containing murals, however, are another story. Several are on display throughout the world, with each piece being a unique mix of history and art.

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 04: Tourists stand at a former section of the Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery on the first day of events celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the ...

The wall section stood on the eastern side of the elaborate border strip built by communist East Germany after it sealed off West Berlin in 1961. At least 136 people died trying to scale the wall ...

The Berlin Wall section is painted on both sides. The side facing the East River is entitled Trophy of Civil Rights and depicts two people reaching over the top of the wall to embrace each other.

Historic parts of Berlin Wall removed despite protests over luxury building project. ... to remove four sections of the wall, each about 1.5 yards wide, from a stretch known as the East Side Gallery.

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall may not be until Monday, but the party has already started. A U2 concert used The Brandenburg Gate as a convenient backdrop. When the Wall ran ...

East Side Gallery 3-kilometer section of the Berlin Wall. Following the Wall's fall in 1989, artists from around the world ...

At the Berlin wall, where the West’s guns now faced Communist armor, the risk of serious incident was already great. In the fierce tension, there was the ever present danger that a single ...

Within Berlin the border consisted of a low-profile inner wall and a 12-foot-high concrete outer wall topped with barbed wire and a rounded, pipe-like surface to discourage grappling hooks.