The heavily fortified border —the Berlin Wall— plugged the last gap between East and West. On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was opened, and the Berlin Wall ceremoniously came down as the world watched.

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, is known as the monumental event that marked the end of the Cold War. The following year ...

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

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.

Germans commemorated on Sunday the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which on Nov. 9, 1989, ended a years-long divide between East and West Germany. Continue reading Nov 07 ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.

Outside Berlin, roughly 1,000 people were killed trying to cross into West Germany.) This museum is nowhere as well-presented or thoughtful as the Berlin Wall Memorial, but is itself a piece of ...

Like a monstrous guillotine, the wall has slashed the arteries and nerves of Ber lin. ... Sunny weekend weather brought a crowd of West Berlin youths to the border at Markgrafenstrasse.

On Nov. 9, 1989, East Germany opened the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. That night, Germans celebrated the move by tearing the wall down.Watch the video above to learn more ...

Berlin: The Wall; Berlin: The Wall. 25 minute read. TIME. August 25, 1961 12:00 AM GMT-4 ... 16,500 sought haven in West Berlin; the refugees included an East German Supreme Court judge, ...