When the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended, it meant the end of the only world I had ever known. The wall was ground zero, where nearly half a century of Cold War began and where, one cold gray day in November 1989, I... [read full story]
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By William Bowmer | Sabbath, November 07, 2009 Little Angela Kasner, daughter of a Lutheran pastor in Russian-dominated East Germany, was barely two years old when an American radio preacher published in his magazine an...
Two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first three memorial stones commemorating the casualties of German separation were unveiled on the outskirts of Berlin. 136 people were killed trying to...
the musings of a young historian Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989. The fall of the Berlin wall, in hindsight, seems to have been inevitable, with Reagan’s ‘tear down this...
The Berlin Wall’s longest remaining stretch has been restored to its state of nearly two decades ago after artists repainted the colorful murals they created in the aftermath of the notorious barrier’s opening.
Last week I spoke about a podcast on the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall . This week I'd like to talk about a project in a different media. Flickr is a file hosting and sharing website and a new project has been started on it...
With Monday marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ronald Reagan's son Michael tells Newsmax that his father was deeply troubled by the wall from the night it was first erected. Michael Reagan also said...
Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The 105 wall paintings of the former Berlin Wall were restored for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the...
By DAVID RISING ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The 105 wall paintings of the former Berlin Wall were restored for the...
BERLIN (AP) — Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three...
AP - Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.
Angela Merkel, Historical Wars, War, Terrorism & Civil Disorder, War, Cold War, Berlin, Germany, Hungary
