One used to be an East German border guard; the other grew up just west of the border and started bird-watching in the area at 13. “You might have seen me here with my big binoculars,” says ...

East Germany on Thursday night opened both the Berlin Wall, the most dramatic and bitter symbol of the Cold War, and its border with West Germany to all of its citizens for the first time in 28 years.

Crossing the militarized border that split Germany into east and west once meant risking death. Now? It’s a literal walk in the park. By Christopher F. Schuetze MITWITZ, Germany — Two men ...

East Germany's leadership had already sealed off the country's main border with West Germany, which snaked from the Baltic Sea to Czechoslovakia, in 1952. The 96-mile-long wall was built by the ...

Most were civilians trying to flee to the West from communist East Germany. The 327 includes 262 who died at the Berlin Wall, and 24 East German border guards who were shot while on duty.

Germany’s historical Drang nach Osten— push toward the East —has more ... as Germany’s eastern border before any diplomatic ties can be established. The West Germans refuse to make any ...

They patrolled the most heavily guarded border in the world. The Grenztruppen were East Germany’s frontline against the ...

Photo: picture alliance / dpa | Mauritz Antin The inner German border separated East and West Germany from 1949 until the two sides reunited in 1990. Though the border was destroyed 30 years ago ...

The lucky ones fled Germany, crossing the border before they could be arrested. Some went West. But many traveled East, to Moscow, where what would become the core of the East German government ...

He was provided with exit documents and accompanied to a border ... in Germany. East Germany built the Berlin Wall in 1961, preventing most of its citizens from traveling to the West.