Axel Klausmeier, head of the Berlin Wall memorial site, recalled the images of delirious Berliners from East and West crying tears of joy as they hugged each other on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989.

The wall was first erected in 1961 and was supposed to prevent the escape and defection of East Germans into West Berlin, an enclave of West Germany deep inside the eastern bloc.

The opening of East Germany's fortified frontier capped months of ferment across ... Interactive map: Photos of the Berlin Wall through time; 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall, east and west ...

After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones, each administrated by different allied powers. Berlin, its capital, was also occupied by the US, France, UK and the Soviet Union, the nations who ...

Read CNN’s Berlin Wall Fast Facts and learn more about the symbol of the Cold War and East/West relations. The Wall stood from 1961 to 1989.

DRESDEN, Germany -- In the German city of Dresden, trumpet player Ludwig Guettler takes pride in the soaring spires of the Baroque Frauenkirche church, rebuilt from the ruins of World War II, and ...

Talks between East and West Germany started that year and at midnight on 3 October 1990 – less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell – the republics were officially reunited. Join our ...

It's been almost 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell, marking the end of the division between east and west Germany. But what were once rival states soon became regions that compete for investment.

Almost 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the economy in the former East Germany still lags far behind the rest of the country, according to a leaked government report. GDP in the former ...

BERLIN, Nov. 9, 1989 (UPI) -- The East German government Thursday dropped all restrictions on travel to the West, and thousands of citizens of the communist state flocked to the Berlin Wall, the ...

The Berlin Wall may have gone but East-West tensions are as potent as ever Analysis paints a dismal picture of whether Germany has been reunified with only 38% in the old East Germany thinking it has.