In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist ...

BERLIN | Like ... vastly different political systems that governed Germany during its decades of division following the ...

Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for 28 years at the front line of the Cold War between the Americans and the Soviets.

Thousands celebrated in Berlin Saturday on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the subsequent disintegration of former Communist East Germany, and eventually the Soviet Union, ...

Pieces of the Wall, well and thoroughly graffitied, are scattered around the city, preserved in both prominent plazas and hidden corners.

The Berlin Wall toppled 35 years ago. First, the world looked on with awe, and then the disbelief gave way to jubilation. From Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, a major European city was disfigured with ...

Both Leo and Huth fulfilled roles that in many ways were typical for women in the vastly different political systems ... anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989 — and the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large ...

"The East Germans had much more power over the Soviets than was previously understood in the Berlin Crisis and the building of the Wall," remarked Hope Harrison, Assistant Professor, Department of ...

East Germany closed the border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, and expanded the Wall into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around the capitalist enclave of West Berlin.

35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall might, ordinarily, be expected to be a cause for joy in Germany. However, celebration of the milestone will, for many, be much subdued, given the nation ...