Berlin wall

Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the barrier that divided West Berlin from East from 1961 to 1989.

After the end of the second world war, Berlin was a divided city controlled by the four major allied powers. Despite the different zones of control, people could move freely between them. However, on August 13, 1961, the East German government decided to end the free travel of Berliners by building a wall around West Berlin. For 28 years, the wall defined the city and served as a metaphor for the entire Cold War. Learn more about the Berlin Wall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily

Approximately 2 kilometers of the Berlin Wall remains today. The longest section is the East Side Gallery, with murals painted by artists from around the world.

One of the most defining moments of the 20th century occurred on this day in Berlin in 1989 when freedom loving East Germans stormed the che...

This was how it looked when I lived in Berlin in the mid-80s. It’s just a couple of hundred metres along from Checkpoint Charlie (as was). Now that it’s all gone, it’s hard to e…

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The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

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Berlin 1990