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How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible ...
David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the wall in Eastern Germany.
Like a monstrous guillotine, the wall has slashed the arteries and nerves of Ber lin. It cuts through sewers and subways, severs bridges and thoroughfares. It bisects a cemetery, shears off ...
Beyond the Wall: Berlin Nearly 17 years after the wall came down, Berliners are still trying to escape its shadow ...
The Berlin Wall, which stood for almost three decades as a fortified monument to the Cold War, began to crumble 33 years ago this week. It finally toppled on Nov. 9, 1989.
Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. News Wrap: Anonymous official’s book ...
Berlin Wall Memorial is ranked #5 out of 20 things to do in Berlin. See pictures and our review of Berlin Wall Memorial.
On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall was destroyed, allowing citizens to travel freely from East to West Berlin.
Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated what part of Berlin the wall enclosed. Nov. 9 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the iconic ...
East Germans wept, hugged, and danced in both halves of divided Berlin today after East Germany opened its borders for the first time since 1961.
In their unceasing attempts to escape to freedom, East Berliners have often taken the underground route. But last week the world learned of the biggest, most elaborate tunnel yet built beneath the ...
On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall was destroyed, allowing citizens to travel freely from East to West Berlin.