The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany. The longer 'inner German border' demarked the remainder of the East-West German border between the two states. The wall divided...
WEST BERLIN-It began as a trickle. On East German TV, a government spokesman had ended an evening press conference by saying that citizens of the GDR could travel freely, and by 9:30 P.m. on November 9, the first East Berliners strolled across a bridge...
The Berlin Wall became a symbol initially of the Cold War and then of the end of communism in Eastern Europe, or even of the 'end of history.' The Wall was featured in a number of high historical moments, especially when it fell in...
When communist East Germany collapsed in 1989, Berliners were eager to tear down its most detested symbol _ the Berlin Wall that divided their city during the Cold War.Seventeen years later, city officials and artists are arguing about how to do the exact opposite _...
Explores the history of the Berlin Wall. Describes it as a failed experiment. Details the physical and symbolic fall of the wall and its effect on the two Germanies.