In this excerpt from The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, Frederick Taylor, a German historian, describes the moments leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall by weaving together history ...

It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of November 9th 1989 in a ...

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 ...

The highlight of our 1989 trip was a special side trip to Berlin to participate in the historical tearing down of the wall at Checkpoint Charlie and other places. While there, we celebrated New ...

Using the fall of the Berlin Wall as a case study, Sonnevend proposes aspects of what she calls “global iconic events.” From there, she analyzes the factors — many of them related to media reportage ...

Daniel Barenboim, the eminent conductor and pianist who stepped back from engagements in recent years citing health concerns, ...

We speak to the Berlin Fashion Week community about whether the black-leather-techno stereotype still rings true today.

“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Later, other symbolic walls came down, and the Germans, of course, tore down the literal wall in Berlin. The fall of the ...

Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was ...

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

This month the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Do you remember where you were when it happened? I have no clue myself. My only explanation is that I was in ...