The Wall stood from 1961 to 1989. It was meant to stop Germans from fleeing the communist East to the more prosperous West ...

Paul Kaiser, one of the curators of “Point of No Return,” said that “30 years after the fall of the wall, the process of categorizing East German art within the Pan-German context is still ...

The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, plus Veterans Day this week. Both are huge events for one Putnam County man, who shared his incredible adventure abroad with us, and how he ...

Germany on Saturday marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that ushered in the end of communism and national reunification, as the Western alliance that helped secure those achievements ...

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

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talks to SPIEGEL about how the fall of the Berlin Wall affected Russia, his controversial relationship to Vladmir Putin and possible sanctions against Iran.

Many Americans point to President Reagan's June 1987 "Tear down this wall" speech as a key moment in making the fall of the Berlin Wall a reality, but fewer recall the essential role played by ...

The Berlin Wall’s fall in 1989 set off a cascade of popular uprisings across Eastern Europe, toppling communist regimes that had long relied on Soviet support.

JEDDAH — With the 25-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall around the corner, the German Consulate General here celebrated on Wednesday their country’s national day that commemorates ...

The Berlin Wall’s fall in 1989 set off a cascade of popular uprisings across Eastern Europe, toppling communist regimes that had long relied on Soviet support.