Checkpoint

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…

(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