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 Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint was active throughout the division of Berlin as the city's northernmost crossing point. On November 9, 1989, its guards were the first breach the Wall and let East ...
Berlin, Germany, has long been a magnet for artists and art fans from around the world, so it’s no shock it crams about 300 public and privately owned galleries into its city limits. Inevitably, the ...
BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany's heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin ...
At first his men refused to obey. It was only when Lieutenant Harald Jaeger gave the order a second and then a third time that the nervous soldiers guarding the Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint agreed to ...
BERLIN (AP) -- It's been nearly 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but Harald Jaeger has no trouble remembering exactly where he was when the first border crossing was opened. He was, after ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link 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 ...
The rival version of events on November 9 has cast doubt on the official history of one of the most celebrated decisions of the century, as Berliners prepare to mark the 20th anniversary of the ...
We are happy to invite you to the next installment of the ArtHouse Cinema program on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. This time we will screen the film called Bornholmer Strasse directed by Christian ...
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