the Soviet authorities in East Germany sealed off East Berlin – their zone of occupation - by constructing a huge barbed wire barrier. This was soon replaced by a concrete wall, complete with ...

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of ...

Last week Soviet pressure increased portentously in the most sensitive spot of cold war: Berlin. The West’s reaction was instantaneous: 15 NATO nations, meeting in Paris, moved off the dead ...