The actor, writer, translator, and photographer, a figure of Germany's artistic and intellectual scene, arrived in the walled ...

Fireworks light the sky during the as musicians play on stage during the concert for freedom for the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

Berlin's "anti-fascist protection barrier" was installed by East Germany's Soviet-backed left-wing government in the summer of 1961, ostensibly to prevent Western spies from entering East Berlin.

Tom B. came to West Berlin as a young gay man in the mid-1980s, became an escort and fell into drug addiction, just as AIDS ...

At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said November 9 remains a fateful day for Germany - both in a positive and ...

Explore Berlin, Germany’s vibrant capital city, in this virtual tour of its most iconic tourist attractions. Visit the ...

Watch the video above to learn more. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, ...

As Germany celebrates the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989 — and the country’s reunification less than a year later on Oct. 3, 1990 — many in Germany are ...

The far-right AfD party continues to be successful in Germany's former East. BERLIN -- In the evening hours of Nov. 9, 1989 the world watched as East Berliners climbed over the wall for the first ...

50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret ...

In East Berlin, and East Germany as a whole, this meant that folks gravitated towards high-end Adidas sneakers, Coogi, and Iceberg. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the preferred footwear ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.