Kani Alavi, a young Iranian artist living in Germany, raced to witness history as the wall falling in East Berlin. His vision, the Eastside Gallery, is today the longest section still standing.

Kani Alavi, a young Iranian artist living in Germany, raced to witness history as the wall falling in East Berlin. His vision, the Eastside Gallery, is today the longest section still standing.

With more than 300 watchtowers, the 155km wall that separated East and West Berlin was patrolled by thousands of soldiers and guard dogs for 28 years until its fall in 1989.. Wherever I was in ...

BERLIN (Nov. 9, 2009) -- Cold War-era Berlin Wall patrols were a visible message to the East and West German people and the Soviet Union that the U.S. and its allies stood ready to defend West ...

The Berlin Wall Fell And Thousands Left This East German City. ... Much of the housing stock was falling apart, and as Ursu arrived, tens of thousands were on their way out, ...

World events often move fast, but it is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989. It culminated in one of the most famous scenes in recent history - the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall ...

A segment of the Wall on Wilhelmstraße. Photo: Nick Hilden. But the most impressive display—at least in the city center—is the East Side Gallery: a long stretch of segments that were muraled ...

Today is the 32nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is considered a landmark event in that it signified the collapse of the Iron Curtain that had descended upon Europe after World War II.

In Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall is like Kennedy's assassination, or 9/11 — everyone remembers exactly where they were when it happened. For most citizens on both sides of the wall, its ...

‘Like the Berlin Wall falling!’ Some West Lawn residents toast neighbor Michael Madigan’s indictment “I don’t like crooks — even if it benefits the neighborhood,” said one resident ...

People stand around a 3-ton section of the Cold War-era Berlin Wall on Aug. 18, 2023. The artifact was placed in the Mexican beach community of Playas de Tijuana by the Berlin-based Falling Walls ...