On the other hand, the “death strip” between the two walls was ... The Wall’s Dramatic Fall November 9, 1989, marked the end of the Berlin Wall. The world watched in awe as East Berliners ...

Once you are finished in the visitor center, head across the street to see preserved remnants of the border strip. In addition to part of the Berlin Wall itself, you will find the Chapel of ...

Escaping the wall was the only recourse they saw to remedy that. The sight of flowers mourning the death of those who tried fleeing was a common occurrence on the eastern side of the wall. Not ...

After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, rave culture flourished as a reaction against the system, and the rise of sex clubs in Berlin in the ’90s popularised fetishwear and bikerwear. Berlin style is ...

Public transport workers went on strike in Berlin on Monday, bringing the German capital's bus, tram and underground services ...

Prayers and candles brought the Berlin wall down. They proved stronger than the powers of a decaying Communist dictatorship in East Germany. The churches in Germany are commemorating the 20th ...

After the German reunification, artists have turned this former stretch of the Berlin Wall into the largest open-air gallery in the world. Hardly any Berlin visitors leave the city without taking a ...

The longest preserved piece of the Berlin Wall, standing between Ostbahnhof and Oberbaumbrücke, is known worldwide as the East Side Gallery. After the Wall fell, 118 artists from 21 countries ...

Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in ...