For 28 years a 155km-long concrete wall snaked through the centre of Berlin, separating the Soviet ... time allies had ...

The 7th Berlin Biennale tackled the important and difficult question of art’s transformative impact. Was its unequivocal answer persuasive? The 7th Berlin Biennale tackled the important and difficult ...

At an art installation by Yadegar Asisi to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, visitors tell stories about life behind the wall.

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the ...

For 28 years from, 1961 to 1989, the Berlin Wall was the epitome - the defining image - of the cold war. I was in Berlin in December 1989, staying with friends and taking a cold chisel to part of ...

It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of November 9th 1989 in a speech to mark the anniversary. Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for ...

Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was ...

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial ...

Ruth Bender was a correspondent based in Berlin who covered a broad range of topics from business over politics to social issues for The Wall Street Journal.