The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

A closer look at the 3-ton pockmarked, gray concrete slab. AP. The Berlin Wall piece currently stands near a new construction project approved by the Biden administration which seeks to complete ...

One November night 35 years ago, the Berlin Wall cracked and thousands of Berliners poured through. The Iron Curtain had already started to tremor by this point: travel restrictions were easing in ...

A sweeping but intimate novel about Berlin after the wall fell. Lutz Seiler’s “Star 111” vividly captures the city at a time of profound change, through the story of one young man and his ...

When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, ...

Cyclists pass a preserved section of the Berlin Wall. Adam Eastland/Alamy. It’s impossible to make out the tourists from the locals on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Mauerpark––the 37-acre ...

In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist East — spent the year competing to see who could showcase the best ...

Travel | November 7, 2024. How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail. Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has ...