After the Berlin Wall came down, 18 million people in East Germany were — for the first time in more than 40 years — able to travel as widely as they could afford; express political opinions ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Germany recently marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The year was 1989. Images of the Berlin Wall being knocked down consumed international media.

02/09/2018 February 9, 2018. The Berlin Wall has now been gone for longer than the 28 years it stood. But what has happened to it since German reunification? Keith Walker speaks with an art ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall was not the beginning of the collapse of communism: it was the pivotal third act in a classic five-act play. That in no way diminishes its importance—in fact, it ...

The demolition of the Berlin Wall had immediate effects on German life. ... This archive article, taken from our feature looking back at the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years later, ...

BERLIN — In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago, East Germany’s secret police frantically tried to destroy millions of documents that laid bare the astounding reach of ...

At midnight on Aug. 13, 1961, East Germany sealed the borders around West Berlin. Germany had been divided into four occupation zones in the aftermath of World War II, each administered by an ...

The wall section stood on the eastern side of the elaborate border strip built by communist East Germany after it sealed off West Berlin in 1961. At least 136 people died trying to scale the wall ...

100 days in 1989, exploring the days and actions surrounding the Fall of the Wall. November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall, an epic moment in history, occurred 25 years ago on Nov. 9 and John Lessard, University of the Pacific’s director of film studies, is commemorating the moment by ...

On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and gives a speech in front of 400,000 Berliners at the Brandenburg Gate: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” ...

Real effects of Berlin Wall’s fallIn reply to George Gregory’s recent letter to the editor under the heading “Good Advice About Walls” in which he stated that the destruction. Breaking News - Vail, ...