Checkpoint

(CNN) 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…

I never imagined that the US would use the Stasi playbook as the template for its own state sponsored surveillance regime and turning not only its own citizens into virtual persons of interest, but also millions of citizens in the rest of the world. NSA Whi…

When I was a GI in Germany in 1973, I was able to visit the other side of the Berlin Wall.  In order to show the soldier the importance of its mission in Europe, the U.S. Army took a select few into East Germany. I was among those fortunate enough to pass thr…

Germany: Escape tunnel under Berlin Wall opens to public

For the residents of the ideological prison known as Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR, 1989 began as bleakly as every new year had done for decades. A blanket of bitter cold chased the people from the streets, while the Soviet-controlled state stole the hope from …

The Berlin Wall divided the modern capital of Germany from August 3, 1961, until November 9, 1989 for a total of 10,316 days. As of November 9, 2019, it has been 10,957 days since the wall fell. A wave of revolutions swept across the Communist Bloc of Easte…

Authorities in the German capital have outlawed the wearing of fake United States Army uniforms at a popular tourist attraction in a bid to protect people from hustlers demanding cash for photo opportunities and souvenir "border stamps". The move came after …

A new ruling has now been introduced, forbidding actors posing as US army soldiers from making money from visitors at Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War from 1947 to 1991. Visitors are attracted …

BERLIN (AP) The Berlin Wall divided the city for 28 years, but most of it was torn down quickly after East Germany opened its border in 1989. Today, only a few stretches of the 97.2-mile cordon around the capitalist exclave of West Berlin remain. PHOTO GALLE…

Far from the vibrant energy of central Berlin, in an overlooked wasteland strewn with weeds, a small part of the Berlin Wall still stands. Three decades after that notorious symbol of the Iron Curtain came crashing down, FRANCE 24 met Christian Bormann, the m…