Berlin is one of those cities where history and modern life sit side by side — sometimes literally across the street.

BERLIN -- In the evening hours of Nov. 9, 1989 the world watched as East Berliners climbed over the wall for the first time, celebrating a newfound hope and freedom.

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 ...

To stem the flow, on Aug. 13, 1961, the German Democratic Republic began building a long and high wall at the border separating the east and west zones of Berlin — at the time, Germany’s ...

What's left of the wall transcends the Cold War. Nov. 4, 2009 -- FULTON, Mo. — Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of ...

The “point of no return” referred to in the exhibition’s title is Nov. 9, 1989, the night when crowds of East Germans breached the Berlin Wall.

All About Photo proudly presents Street Photography At The End Of The 80s by German photographer Henk Kosche — an evocative solo exhibition available online throughout July 2025.For nearly 40 ...

The Berlin Wall’s fall in 1989 set off a cascade of popular uprisings across Eastern Europe, toppling communist regimes that had long relied on Soviet support.