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A SEA of abandoned e-bikes have been left strewn across a London borough after the local council failed to agree a new deal ...
Many say a visit to the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing should not come without a visit to the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, ...
Berlin plans a major redesign of Checkpoint Charlie, adding historical value and highlighting the Cold War in its global ...
In 2019, the Bundestag voted to create a memorial for the victims of communism. Progress on the project has stalled, but there are now plans to move forward.
On this day in 1961, soldiers in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began construction on the Berlin Wall – separating the communists backed by the Soviet Union from the Federal Republic of ...
The construction of the Berlin Wall began on this day in 1961.
On August 13, 1961, the GDR began building the Berlin Wall. For the Governing Mayor, it remains a symbol of injustice.
<p>News about the Berlin Wall, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.</p> ...
Hanns Zischler in West Berlin, 1977. ELKE ROSTHAL Khrushchev was wrong. After the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, the leader of the Soviet Union believed he did not need to worry ...
View Waving over the Berlin Wall by Will McBride on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Will McBride.
Thierry Noir, who covered the Berlin Wall with his hallmark cartoons, is showing both old and new works at Phillips’ gallery space.