Berlin Wall

Since it was composed during David Bowie’s Berlin period, “Heroes” has become one of rock’s iconic standards.   Written by Bowie and Brian Eno, inspired by a kiss next to the Berlin Wall between producer Tony Visconti and singer Antonia Maass, the song has been reimagined, repurposed and revisited by different…

BERLIN, Germany — In a surprising event, Alexandra Hildebrandt, the director of the Berlin Wall Museum, recently gave birth to her tenth child at the age of 66. Her son, Philipp, was born via cesarean section on March 19, 2025, at the renowned Charité University Hospital, marking a personal milestone…

Wolfgang Becker, the German filmmaker whose reunification comedy Good Bye, Lenin! was a worldwide hit and made a star out of the then-unknown young actor Daniel Brühl, has died. He was 70. Becker’s family said Friday he died following a serious illness. Becker was born in Hemer in what was…

Now that Americans have tasted wokeness, they have recoiled as perhaps no people have since the fall of the Berlin Wall liberated the imprisoned peoples of East Berlin. As a cultural revolution, Trumpism has unquestionably succeeded. And, by the same token, its cultural enemy – wokeness – has failed. In…

Fireworks ligthen the sky over the Brandenburg gate as musicians play on stage during the ‘Konzert für Freiheit’ (concert for freedom) for the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 2024 in Berlin. Germany yesterday celebrates 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall…

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Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned farm in the northeastern village of Banzkow because childcare was widely available. Contrast that with Claudia Huth, a mother…

East Germany’s ‘Ampelmann’ or pedestrian traffic light man is now instantly recognisable thanks to his chunky outline and wide-brimmed hat. — AFP pic New to investing? Versa makes it simple—sign up via the app, invest RM100, and we’ll give you RM10 off as a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay…

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis Thursday 5 October 2023 German ambassador Christophe Eick at the German Embassy, Port of Spain, St Clair on September 26 - Jeff K. Mayers The fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 was a pivotal moment for Germany, when it became a new republic, unifying East and…

Mexican officials took aim at the United States' immigration policies by installing a concrete slab of the Berlin Wall within feet away from the US Border Wall that separates California from Tijuana, Mexico. Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero directed the 3-ton Cold War relic to be installed in Friendship Park in…