dividing citizens of West Berlin from the rest of the city and the surrounding East Germany until November 9, 1989. The wall began coming down in June 1990, but parts of the structure were left ...

Historians are concerned as more of the wall disappears over time. BERLIN -- In the Berlin neighborhood of Pankow, a 196-foot stretch of the Berlin wall has been torn down to make way for ...

Two scenes from the end of the Cold War: Scene one: On June 12, 1987, President Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate rising behind him, to challenge to the leader of the Soviet… ...

This photograph - taken on 12 November 1989 - shows a young boy chipping away at a section of the Berlin Wall, as the people in Berlin destroyed the wall that had divided their city for almost 30 ...

"The wall didn't just come down -- it was toppled." The division ended on Nov. 9, 1989 -- after communist East Germany opened the Berlin Wall amid pressure from massive demonstrations and a ...

THE Fall of the Berlin Wall happened 30 years ago today. Why was the Berlin Wall built and when did the wall come down ... run by Russia). The Allies decided to divide control of Germany between ...

Erected in haste and torn down in protest, the Berlin Wall ... Germany through the via West Berlin between 1949 and 1961. In the wee hours of August 13, 1961, as Berliners slept, the GDR began ...

Hard to believe it's been 25 years since the Wall came down. Elizabeth Palmer looks at Berlin after the fall ... In August 1961, Soviet-allied East Germany started building the 27-mile-long ...

In July 1988, the singer gave East Germany the biggest rock concert ... and deserves some credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall. Who brought down the Berlin Wall? It was Polish trade unionists ...

The Berlin Wall came tumbling down on November 9, 1989, reuniting East and West Germany, and foreshadowing ... leaping out of buildings that lined the border, or attempting to drive through ...

Stephanie Pollak/Travel + Leisure Reichstag building in Berlin ... local concierges to break down the best things to do in Berlin. Berlin Wall Memorial in Berlin, Germany.