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 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist ...

Berlin – Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital on Saturday ...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood.

The Soviet-allied East German authorities built the Berlin Wall from August 1961 to stop a flood of defections to the democratic West through the city. The 155-kilometre barrier essentially ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 - to stop people leaving East Berlin for West Berlin. During the 1989 revolutions, several Soviet-imposed communist regimes in Eastern Europe were toppled as ...

UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa Berlin Wall is built, dividing East and West Germany American-backed Cuban exiles fail in an attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs ...

Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...

As Germany’s capital marks 35 years since the fall of the city divider, we look at meaningful experiences for you to try ...

Lutz Seiler’s “Star 111” vividly captures the city at a time of profound change, through the story of one young man and his parents.

It was "a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Built in 1961, the Berlin ...

Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for 28 years at the front line of the Cold War between the Americans and the Soviets.