Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur - Freelance travel writer It’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Between 1961 and 1989, the German Democratic Republic constructed, fortified and guarded the 155-kilometre Berlin Wall, a concrete ...

100 days in 1989, exploring the days and actions surrounding the Fall of the Wall. November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down. The ...