In the 1990s, there was reason to hope that Russia was moving toward democracy and that China, despite the Tiananmen Square ...
“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Later, other symbolic walls came down, and the Germans, of course, tore down the literal wall in Berlin. The fall of the ...
Today, the two Germanys have been reunited into one Federal Republic, following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Former East Berlin has received a huge cash injection. Now trees line the ...
November 9, 1989 sitting watching TV as the Berlin Wall was breached and destroyed under cover of night. I was glued to the ...
Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was ...
The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact ... On 1 May 1960, just thirteen days before the USA and the USSR were preparing to sit down for a summit meeting in Paris ...
Located in the center of Berlin ... Wall, as well as explore a handful of exhibits. Visitors will learn about the political and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall ...