Through the decades the wall was in place, thousands of people managed to escape from East Berlin, but at least 140 were killed in the attempt, many of them shot by East German border guards.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Placed next to a display of pictures from the New Year's Eve after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it reads in the spirit of how an American might tell a Chuck Norris joke. “Bringing down ...

On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall crumbled. This exclusive BBC Archive clip reveals the night when people flooded over the border for an emotional, anarchic reunion.

Berlin “No Photos on the Dance Floor!Berlin 1989 — Today” documents the history of Berlin’s club scene after the wall fell, when bars, clubs, galleries, and studios began popping up in ...