Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German ...

Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the barrier that divided West Berlin from East, and enclosed the West from the rest of East Germany. From 1961 to 1989, the iconic ...

BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany's heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin ...

Check out photos of the best places, such as Checkpoint Charlie, to see the remains of the Berlin Wall, which was enthusiastically torn down by Berliners from East and West in 1989.

It was a defining moment forever etched in the Berlin’s history, “Remember, remember the 9th of November.” This November, we mark the 30th anniversary of one of the most remarkable milestones of the ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur - Freelance travel writer It’s ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a ceremony in the Chapel of Reconciliation during the 30th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Getty Images Angela Merkel lights a candle at ...

I oversee sustainability coverage and curate the Daily Dozen. Nov 08, 2019, 07:21am EST Updated Nov 11, 2019, 08:10am EST The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just represent the destruction of the ...

A section of the Berlin Wall stands on display at the United Nations in New York, 2014. (Photo by Don Emmert / AFP via Getty Images) In 1990, the oil baron and philanthropist Robert Hefner III sent a ...

The German capital has many ruins that bear witness to its tumultuous history. Stretches of the Berlin Wall are preserved as a reminder of the pain wrought by political division during the Cold War, ...