This is the first program in a three-part series Freedom Without Walls that aired on NPR Specials. Host Frank Bond and a panel of eyewitnesses discuss the building of the Berlin Wall and the tensions ...
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 ...
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 during a pro-democracy uprising, it signaled the dissolution of East Germany's communist regime, the reunification of Germany, and the end of the decades-old Cold War ...
BERLIN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Exactly 53 years after East Germany's Communist authorities started to build the Berlin Wall, half of all Germans do not know the exact date when the city was divided, said ...
Explore Berlin, the capital of Germany, and discover its most famous tourist attractions. Visit the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag building, the Berlin Wall, and Alexanderplatz, landmarks that ...
Built on the orders of East German communist politician Erich Honecker to stem the mass emigration of Germans from East ...
100 days in 1989, exploring the days and actions surrounding the Fall of the Wall. November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down. The ...