Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, ...

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 ...

The error of their mythology about 1989 matters because we face another such moment of historical rupture today.

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...

The Berlin Wall and no man's land in 1984 - the Cold War at its most intense A new German study has put at 327 the number of people killed at the East German border during the Cold War.

In “We the People,” British historian Timothy Garton Ash described the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of emancipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photography enthusiast ...

At a session titled ‘Love in the Time of Uncertainty’, on day one of The Hindu ’s Lit for Life, 2025, Erpenbeck said the ...

It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of November 9th 1989 in a speech to mark the anniversary. Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

This drew an angry response from both protesters and the general public, one person calling it “A Berlin Wall for Santa Cruz!” Councilmembers Katherine Beiers and Scott Kennedy immediately ...

More than three decades after the fall of the Wall, the formerly divided Berlin has emerged as one of Europe's most dynamic, captivating capitals. With shiny new architecture constantly popping up ...