Normally, walls are being built to keep people out. But in two cases, they were built to keep people in. This applies to jail walls and the Berlin Wall.

Tens of thousands of citizens of the so-called German Democratic Republic (GDR) tried to flee to West Germany between 1961 and 1989. Many were shot and killed…

Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller opened the festivities for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at 'Alexanderplatz' square today. A large…

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, numerous events are going on in Berlin. For those who prefer to stare at their screens, there are interesting online resources for photos. They show a different Berlin.

For the upcoming 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Berlin House of Representatives has organized several cultural and other events. They…

Finally, the tourists are back in Berlin. The new numbers look pretty good. They were just presented by Senator Stephan Schwarz and Tourism Director Burkhard…

Since 1967, West Berlin and the reunited city of Berlin have become sister cities (or twin cities, as the British say) with a total of seventeen interesting metropolises in all parts of the world. Los Angeles was the first one.

Sundays are rather quiet in Germany. Except for gas stations, bakeries, flower shops and some convenient stores, everything is closed. So, where are we supposed…

The Berlin Wall was a symbol for the entire Iron Curtain between the area of the Soviet Bloc and the West during the Cold War. Back then, there were GDR…

On June 15th, 1961, the GDR's dictator Walter Ulbricht said nobody had the intention to build a wall. But two months later, the communist regime did so anyway. Sixty-one years ago today, the construction of the Berlin Wall began.