Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West ...

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.

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 ...

However, despite the fall of the wall, three decades later an invisible barrier still stretches across Germany. While slowly disintegrating, the divide remains.