While the Nazis and their counterparts attacked a wide range of artists as “degenerate,” the Stasi worked with and supported entertainers and writers.

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall, which stretches for nearly a mile. If you want to experience the wall for the first time, this is the place to do it.

After reunification, East Germans felt that they had been colonized ... Anyone who has reported from the region since the fall of the Berlin Wall has heard their own stories of young people ...

If you’re too young to remember the tearing down of the Berlin Wall or even to realize why it mattered, Washington, D.C., may ...

The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of 1989. For 28 years, it stood as a symbol of both the division of Europe and the hardline regime of Erich Honecker. Although no ...

East Side Gallery 3-kilometer section of the Berlin Wall. Following the Wall's fall in 1989, artists from around the world came together to transform this bleak structure into a canvas of hope and ...

Of the 56 professional teams in Germany's top three leagues, only six hail from the east. Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the geographical divisions of men's and women's football remain.

On 13 August 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed ...

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

Berlin, Germany ... 133 people trying to flee to the West during the wall’s existence from 1961 to 1989. VoPo was the nickname used for the East German Volkspolizei, the East German police ...