The heavily fortified border —the Berlin Wall— plugged the last gap between East and West. On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was opened, and the Berlin Wall ceremoniously came down as the world watched.

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 Wall and ...

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 9 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany.

Urges Germany to destroy wall dividing free, unfree Europe Says German ties with Russia helped build the wall Invokes Berlin Airlift, fall of Berlin Wall in plea BERLIN, March 17 (Reuters ...

In East Berlin, and East Germany as a whole, this meant that folks gravitated towards high-end Adidas sneakers, Coogi, and Iceberg. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the preferred footwear ...