MONSTER “mega-sheds” dubbed “Britain’s Berlin Wall” are overshadowing a row of houses and blocking out 80 per cent of ...

On 1 May 1960, just thirteen days before the USA and the ... the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin ... the Wall−which Ulbricht calls the “antifascist defense shield”−made the difference. Before the Wall went ...

The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events ... promises for free elections with respect for human rights. Before the fall of Honecker's government in October, human rights ...

Before the Wall went up, we could at least buy green vegetables in West Berlin, but all winter long we got practically no vegetables, and when this dysentery bug appeared, we had no resistance to ...

The Berlin Wall was a permanent fixture dividing the city for 28 years, but the events that led to its collapse were swift. This archive video combines two reports by the BBC's Brian Hanrahan.