On this day in 1961, soldiers in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began construction on the Berlin Wall – ...

BERLIN — Germany marked the 47th anniversary on Wednesday of the Berlin Wall's construction, and the country's parliament speaker said the barrier's ultimate collapse proves that any regime's ...

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.

In 2019, the Bundestag voted to create a memorial for the victims of communism. Progress on the project has stalled, but ...

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 ...

The construction of the Berlin Wall began on this day in 1961.

The chunk of the Berlin Wall that stands on a Fremont street was a gift from Germany in 2001 in remembrance of Boeing's participation in the 1948 Berlin Airlift.

American histories of the Cold War tend to depict the Berlin Wall as a symbol of the era’s worst depredations. In doing so, however, Americans forget the complexity of the 15-year crisis over the ...