Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial ...

In honour of the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, the typeface pays tribute to the artwork that was created during its existence Creative agency Heimat Berlin has released a new ...

It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of November 9th 1989 in a speech to mark the anniversary. Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for ...

The Berlin Wall and no man's land in 1984 - the Cold War at its most intense A new German study has put at 327 the number of people killed at the East German border during the Cold War.

Experts and travelers say the museum gives context to what's left of the border crossing, and indeed you will find chilling stories of those who escaped from East to West via the Berlin Wall ...

“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 ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

In “We the People,” British historian Timothy Garton Ash described the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of emancipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photography enthusiast ...

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...