The project has been undertaken to help further young people’s understanding of the fall of the wall, bringing the historical into their everyday lives and providing a tool that can be used by both ...

Paul M Farber is a curator, historian and the author of 'A Wall of Our Own: An American History of the Berlin Wall'. Most Americans know the history of the Berlin Wall as a story of triumph over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Otis Library will host a program on the Berlin Wall at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 10. The event will explore the history of the Berlin Wall ...

In the summer of 1961, a 21-year-old John Putney traveled abroad for the first time in his life, prompted by his mother to work at a refugee camp in Berlin, where large numbers of people landed after ...

The Berlin Wall, one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War was destroyed on November 9th, 1989 the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War as *** way to separate the Soviet controlled ...

West-Berliners hacking pieces of the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989. The GDR joined the federal republic of Germany on October 3, 1990. From a symbol of oppression to one defining the end of an era, ...

Germans from East and West Berlin stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Friday, November 10, 1989. (AP Photo File) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch ...

Berlin is a city filled with history, creativity and energy, from street art on the Berlin Wall to cycling through its leafy streets. In this episode, Lilly Douse discovers what brings Germany’s ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin’s symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur | Freelance travel writer It’s ...

Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, and participate in, the remaking of European history? At the time, Eric, our ...

The Berlin Wall fell 31 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 ...