The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification ...
The call came at 11:30 to my home in Munich, Germany, on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, 45 years ago yesterday. As Chief Duty ...
Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom ...
- East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of ...
As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 9 1989, women look back at how different their lives ...
Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that ...
The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...
Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...
Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...
As Germany celebrates the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989 — and the country’s reunification less than a year later on Oct. 3, 1990 — many in Germany are refle ...
At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said ...