The maladies of East Germany are usually economic, but last week they were personal as well. Raging in East Berlin was a dysentery epidemic that so far has affected 28,000 people. Those who ...

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 violence. The situation then was ...

A Battle to Preserve the Berlin Wall as Cold War Landmark In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and ...

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall, which stretches for nearly a mile. If you want to experience the wall for the first time, this is the place to do it.

At that time Germany had been split into two — East Germany, supported by the ... Sitting on the Berlin Wall would have been ...

The film chronicles the history of Berlin from 1939 to the 1960s, highlighting the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, the onset ...

To finish the job, the Trump administration must double down on economic sanctions, strengthen U.S. military deterrence in ...

Hoyer interweaves the experiences of ordinary East German citizens to illustrate what daily life was like under communist ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact ... He demanded that, as Berlin lay in East Germany, the Western powers should withdraw their troops from Berlin within six ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall ... and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany. Once you are finished in the visitor ...