The Topography of Terror, a center for the documentation of Nazi crimes, is one of the most visited places of remembrance in ...

The "Berliner Mauerweg" (Berlin Wall Trail) follows the wall's 160-km (100-mile) route and the accompanying "death strip" that encircled West Berlin during the dark decades of the Cold War. At least ...

Balloons, tunnels, secret compartments—even homemade aircraft. From 1961 to 1989, desperate East Germans tried everything to break through the Berlin Wall. Some made it. Many didn’t.

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

Before arriving in Berlin, I presumed I would learn about the physical conditions of the Berlin Wall in relation to our wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. I thought I’d draw connections between the ...

sinister meaning when it’s being done in the “no-man’s land” on the Communist side of the Berlin Wall. Guards like this one killed at least 133 people trying to flee to the West during the ...

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...

The night the Berlin Wall, divider of Germany and of the world, was brought down, people streamed to climb over it, stand on top of it or rush through it, in shock and jubilation. Others came with ...

Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most ... around the world. 'Off-Map Destination' winner Wolfgat offers ...

In addition to the WWII history on display here, you’ll also see part of the Berlin Wall in the front of the building. Other interesting exhibits that detail Berlin between 1933 and 1945 are ...