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From hot air balloons to secret tunnels, some tried anything to escape East Berlin. These are the most daring—and strangest—attempts. Celebrated songs that were album tracks, not singles ...

Hartmut Richter swam to freedom from East Berlin, then returned to help others flee. Today, he works to preserve the memory of those killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall.

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the Cold War's most infamous border. Berlin's "anti-fascist ...

Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, and participate in, the remaking of European history? At the time, Eric, our ...