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 ...

Berlin rings in the anniversary with 200 events in key locations of the city. A new AR app even gives users an interactive experience with the former wall.

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.

So, from the East Berlin side, you would first approach a wall. If you somehow got over that wall and got into the death strip, there were all sorts of trip wires.