The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification ...
- 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 were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany ...
Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...
Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against ...
Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...
Whenever I visit Berlin I can’t help remembering my spooky visit to East Berlin back in 1971. I vividly recall how, as we were about to return to West Berlin, our tour bus was stopped and ...
I am absolutely convinced that without Pope John Paul II, German reunification would not have been possible,” Martin ...
BERLIN — Like many other young women living ... Contrast that with Claudia Huth, a mother of five, who grew up in capitalist West Germany. Huth quit her job as a bank clerk when she was pregnant ...
Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that ...
an 18-year-old high school graduate from Berlin, said the fact that her family lived in East Germany during the decades of the country's division has no impact on her life today. “East or West ...