Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur Freelance travel writer It’s ...

The Berlin Wall toppled 35 years ago. First, the world looked on with awe, and then the disbelief gave way to jubilation. From Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, a major European city was disfigured with ...

the Wall has largely disappeared now and much of the former "death strip" — between the exterior wall that faced West Berlin and an interior wall that faced the East — has been built over.

In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist ...

There has been a rise of antisemitic incidents in the German capital since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

What began as confusion soon turned to celebration as Berliners from both east and west flooded the streets, chipping away at ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The evening sun lights remains of the Berlin Wall at the official Berlin Wall memorial site at Bernauer ...

Initially just marked out by primitive barbed wire when the GDR commenced construction during August 1961, the Berlin Wall was gradually built up to almost four meters in height and its defenses ...

November 9 an imprecise instruction led to the collapse of the border infrastructure surrounding West Berlin, as Berliners ...

German prosecutors allege a Berlin palliative care doctor killed eight elderly patients and used arson to cover up his crimes ...

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