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

Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification ...

Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom ...

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, nostalgia for the old days and ways of socialist East Germany is stronger than ever. Germans even have a name for the phenomenon: “Ostalgie.” From ...

- East Berliners get helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of ...

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that ...

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

Berlin commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall, a milestone that ended Germany's division and marked the ...

On the night of 9th November 1989, the infamous Berlin Wall was dismantled by some hopeful East Berliners, who rejoiced to see its end, and ...

Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against ...

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