BERLIN --When the East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent its citizens from leaving, the regime failed to account for the ingenuity and creativity of those willing to risk ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial, you can ...

BERLIN, Germany (KLTV) - Escaping the surveillance and oppression of the East German government during the Cold War often came at great risk. The impressively complex and often dangerous acts of ...

Immerse yourself in modern European history on a 10-day tour offered by Peregrine Adventures that marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The 10-day tour begins in Berlin, where ...

Protesters who tried to deliver a piece of the Berlin Wall to President Donald Trump earlier this month have taken the 2.7-tonne slab on a U.S.-Mexico border tour after the White House rejected their ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans fleeing to the West. It began as a barbed wire and cinderblock wall and was then fortified as a heavily guarded 160-km (100-mile) white concrete ...

Explore Berlin, Germany’s vibrant capital city, in this virtual tour of its most iconic tourist attractions. Visit the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag building, Berlin Cathedral, and ...

Twenty-nine years ago, on November 9, 1989, a most extraordinary thing happened. After decades of dividing a city and a nation, the Berlin Wall came down in a revolution sweeping communist Eastern ...

In bustling Berlin, one can easily miss the inconspicuous parallel rows of cobblestones that cut across city streets, sidewalks and plazas. They mark where the Berlin Wall, for 28 years, divided ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with Angela Merkel, Germany’s first chancellor from ...

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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 ...