Inspired by the Acropolis entrance in Athens, the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) is one of the most-photographed sites ...

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the imposing structure that divided the Communist East and the capitalist West lives on in public squares, parks and tourist souvenirs. Segments of ...

Now he supplies around 90 percent of Wall relics sold in Berlin's souvenir stores. "It started off when I saw someone at a flea market, selling pieces of the Wall.

The night the Berlin Wall, divider of Germany and of the world, was brought down, people streamed to climb over it, stand on top of it or rush through it, in shock and jubilation. Others came with ...

Berlin plans a major redesign of Checkpoint Charlie, adding historical value and highlighting the Cold War in its global ...

BERLIN — For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall encircled West Berlin, built by communist East German authorities ostensibly to protect the country from “fascists,” but in reality to… ...

By 1990, GDR souvenir sales were common enough in tourist shops in Berlin, and independent vendors roamed the streets with smaller displays.

Sisk brought the souvenirs back to the United States in 1980, after serving in Germany. Residents of that country tore the wall, which divided east and west Berlin, down in 1989.

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the imposing structure that divided the Communist East and the capitalist West lives on in public squares, parks and tourist souvenirs.

When euphoric Germans clambered on top of the Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, smashing it with hammers to break it up, it was hard to imagine the physical symbol of division having a future. But it has ...