Checkpoint

Image: Patrons gather at Obst und Gemüse (Fruitand Vegetables), a bar in Berlin’s Mitte district, 1992. (Ben de Biel / Bobsairport) 30 years after the Wall, the story of Berlin's anarchist utopia. Editor’s Note: This essay originally appeared in the Novembe…

In the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the East German Army began placing more than 48 kilometers of barbed wire through the center of Berlin, splitting the city into two stark halves. On one side, the Soviet-backed East functioned under a socialist state …

Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which once separated East Berlin from West Berlin, hundreds of the portions of the barrier stand scattered in countries throughout the world. In fact, more pieces of it actually reside in other countries than …

When the border between East and West Germany opened on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, revelers hacked and chiseled at the Berlin Wall, which had divided the city for decades. They were trying to make way for people to cross over, but also revolting against a str…

In retrospect, the Wall didn’t last especially long. Twenty-eight years—roughly the span of our youth—and then it was gone: broken into chunks, carted away as souvenirs, placed on mantles and shelves, displayed like a trophy of some cherished victory we had …

Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the barrier that divided West Berlin from East, and enclosed the West from the rest of East Germany. From 1961 to 1989, the iconic wall stood and symbolized the height of Cold War tensions. …

An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall has been opened to the public for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of East Germany's border. (Nov. 7) AP Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wal…

It was just after dark when the two boys tried to make a run for it over the Wall. Jorg Hartmann was slight and thin, a 10-year-old with longish blonde hair that made many mistake him for a girl. The other boy, 13-year-old Lothar Schleusener, was the son of a…

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, on November 9, 1989.  It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War — culminating in the toppling of the East German communist dictatorship, the reunification of Germany in 1990,…

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, on November 9, 1989. It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War – culminating in the toppling of the East German communist dictatorship, the reunificat…