Walls are more than just physical barriers,they're powerful symbols of protection, division, and legacy. In this video, we journey around the world to explore the most iconic walls in human history, ...

Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West ...

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.

You’re going to regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t witness this.’” The Berlin Wall met its sudden political demise on November 9, 1989. Thomas Imo/Photothek via Getty Images ...

This piece of the wall weighs 26,156 pounds. There are minimal signs of graffiti on this piece because it is believed that this section was not facing the western side of Berlin.

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 ...

A closer look at the 3-ton pockmarked, gray concrete slab. AP The Berlin Wall piece currently stands near a new construction project approved by the Biden administration which seeks to complete ...

In our November 2009 issue, The New Criterion will mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—November 9, 1989—with a set of essays that explore the past and the present of the Cold ...

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