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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, the Hotel de Rome, a Rocco Forte hotel in Berlin, will be hosting an extraordinary photo exhibition. Starting on ...

Ceremonies throughout Berlin on Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, culminating in the release of balloons tracing the former outline of the wall. Photo: Getty Images ...

BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- East Berlin is a city under siege. Germans recall 1953 revolt BERLIN, Aug. 14, 1961 (UPI) -- Eight years ago this summer the Soviet zone of Germany exploded into ...

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 ...

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 ...