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 ...

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

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...

Former dissidents, released secret service files and a zine in an East Berlin basement reveal a little-known chapter of Cold ...

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

For nearly 30 years the Berlin Wall ... the building earned the nickname “Tränenpalast” (Palace of Tears). It has since been converted into a museum about everyday life in a divided Germany ...

As Germany celebrates the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989 — and the country ... Veterans Day ...

People laid flowers at the site of the memorial to the Berlin Wall ... Hitler's Nazi Germany began the systematic vandalization of Jewish business, synagogues and properties. More than 1,400 ...

Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against the somber backdrop of war in Gaza and Ukraine, and fears that ...