BERLIN -- Although the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago ... and Alexanderplatz, the location of the largest protest in the history of East Berlin, attended by tens of thousands of demonstrators.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by Soviet-backed East Germany to stop its citizens defecting to the democratic enclave of West Berlin. The wall spanned 96 miles, encircling West Berlin.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned ... hanging nearby the original location commemorating the last Allied soldiers ...

Berlin is sprawling ... after the Wall came down. It’s a lot to parse, but Blue Crow Media aspires to make it more approachable and digestible. These days, a paper map can feel anachronistic.

On August 24, 1961, 11 days after the Berlin Wall was erected, Günter Litfin jumped into the canal-like Spree River. Litfin, from eastern Berlin, had just acquired an apartment and a job in the ...

The central part of the wall that divided West Berlin and East Berlin was 43 km, or 27 miles long. Intelligence reports and maps included in the document release details on the construction of the ...

It’s probably the brightest wall in Berlin, but it marks a dark past ... The East Side Gallery is particularly vulnerable given its central location on the border of two very popular ...

Las Vegas Perhaps the most surprising Wall location on this list is a men’s bathroom at a Las Vegas casino – the Main Street Station Casino has been home to a portion of Berlin Wall for about ...

As they arrived on a terrace, Ms Merkel took the Queen for a rooftop view of Berlin. She told the Queen: "And where the train goes there, there was the wall... and I lived in East Germany ...

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall which divided East and West Germany for over 27 years. The day is being marked by memorial services throughout the city.

Because of its location, it was associated with the Berlin Wall for a time. • The physical demolition of the Berlin Wall was not complete until 1992, according to the BBC.