BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- East German Communist police today hurled tear gas into crowds of jeering West Berliners protesting the closing of the border between East and West Berlin.

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

Black Lives Matter Plaza is being torn up in the nation’s capital. Just like the wall that separated free, capitalist West ...

East Side Gallery 3-kilometer section of the Berlin Wall. Following the Wall's fall in 1989, artists from around the world came together to transform this bleak structure into a canvas of hope and ...

For months, the East Germans and Soviets had threatened a new Berlin cri sis if the West Germans persisted in their plan to convene the Federal Republic’s electoral college in the western half ...

The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of 1989. For 28 years, it stood as a symbol of both the division of Europe and the hardline regime of Erich Honecker. Although no ...

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin is divided by light. The contrast is a legacy from the Cold War, when Germany was divided from east to west as tensions mounted between ...

The Berlin Wall, erected in 1961, stood as a symbol of the Cold War until its fall in 1989, dividing East and West Berlin. The anniversary celebrations, which include exhibitions, concerts ...

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall, which stretches for nearly a mile. If you want to experience the wall for the first time, this is the place to do it.

On 13 August 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed ...