The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 cemented the division of the city. For Zerwer, the period after that shows architectural differences, but also parallels. One fundamental commonality was ...

the German Democratic Republic began building a long and high wall at the border separating the east and west zones of Berlin — at the time, Germany’s largest city. The heavily guarded wall ...

the Berlin Wall was a heavily guarded barrier that physically and ideologically divided the city from 1961 to 1989. In a wider context, the wall came to symbolize the "Iron Curtain" that separated ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches ... the political and historical context that led to the wall’s construction, its fall and the reunification of Germany.

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of geopolitical turmoil, cleft in two physically and politically by 168km (104 ...

Thirty-two years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are now 1,800km of walls and fences either built or under construction on Europe’s borders. That is the equivalent of almost 12 new ...

In addition to the WWII history on display here, you’ll also see part of the Berlin Wall in the front of the building. Other interesting exhibits that detail Berlin between 1933 and 1945 are ...