The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification ...
The call came at 11:30 to my home in Munich, Germany, on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, 45 years ago yesterday. As Chief Duty ...
Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that ...
Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...
One November night 35 years ago, the Berlin Wall cracked and thousands of Berliners poured through. The Iron Curtain had ...
Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom ...
Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...
If rails can become trails, why not borders?' asks Joe Baur as he explores the trail which grew from the scar of an infamous, ...
Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood.
The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...
At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said ...