Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, the Hotel de Rome, a Rocco Forte hotel in Berlin, will be hosting an extraordinary photo exhibition. Starting on ...

The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly opened border, stood on top of the “Anti-Fascist ...

BERLIN — Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by ...

Germany's 20-year celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall reminds me of my first visit to that city in 1961. It was also my first visit back to West Germany after my emigration to the United States ...

<br><p>To the imposingly named writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, <i>Ostalgie</i> — the East Germans' wistfulness about the bad old days before the Wall fell — was a sickness in need of ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur - Freelance travel writer It’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From division to discovery: Cycling the Berlin Wall trail 35 years after Germany reunified The night of 9 November 1989 was ...

When the Berlin Wall came tumbling down 30 years ago, many hoped its demise portended an end to barriers between borders and isolationism. But with US President Donald Trump's planned wall on the ...