Despite making up less than one-fifth of the German population, eastern German voters are in particular focus ahead of the ...

August 13, 1961: In the early hours of the morning, construction of the Wall begins in Berlin. The Wall was a symbol of the Cold War that divided the world into East and West. In 1989, a peaceful ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall ... and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany. Once you are finished in the visitor ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact ... He demanded that, as Berlin lay in East Germany, the Western powers should withdraw their troops from Berlin within six ...

is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German ...