The Wall stood from 1961 to 1989. It was meant to stop Germans from fleeing the communist East to the more prosperous West ...

The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, plus Veterans Day this week. Both are huge events for one Putnam County man, who shared his incredible adventure abroad with us, and how he ...

Germany on Saturday marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that ushered in the end of communism and national reunification, as the Western alliance that helped secure those achievements ...

Like every Thursday night back then, Angela Merkel was relaxing in an East Berlin sauna on the night of November 9, 1989 as the Berlin Wall fell, dreaming of tasting oysters in the West.

When the Berlin Wall falls, the rabbits, finally free for the first time in four decades, flood Berlin in droves, where they are set upon by hunters and other predators, restoring the “natural ...

Many Americans point to President Reagan's June 1987 "Tear down this wall" speech as a key moment in making the fall of the Berlin Wall a reality, but fewer recall the essential role played by ...

In 2019, the Bundestag voted to create a memorial for the victims of communism. Progress on the project has stalled, but ...

JEDDAH — With the 25-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall around the corner, the German Consulate General here celebrated on Wednesday their country’s national day that commemorates ...