The lesson for cynics: things that seem permanent can collapse with stunning speed. The Cold War lasted 45 agonizing years.

The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, plus Veterans Day this week. Both are huge events for one Putnam County man, who shared his incredible adventure abroad with us, and how he brought ...

Sources:Geoportal Berlin (the Berlin Wall route); City of Berlin (remains); Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (location of segments); NCD-RisC (mean height) A reporter searches for a ...

There are huge celebrations in Berlin, as world leaders gather to mark an event that changed the face of the world. It was twenty years ago today that the Berlin Wall came down. In this rebroadcast of ...

Gorlitz, Germany, lost most of its population after the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago — but now the city is on the rebound, thanks to... A Tale Of 2 Cities In Germany, 30 Years After The Berlin ...

On November 9, 1989, Art Harman, a then-young U.S. public policy expert living in McLean, Virginia, was watching television and, like the rest of the world, was awed by what he saw. News anchors on ...

The train slows to a crawl as it emerges from the tunnel and enters the underground station at Potsdamer Platz. There is no sign of humanity in the cavernous station, except for a pair of East German ...

Kriedner and 90 artists from around the world have gathered again to repaint their original creations on the concrete slabs, bringing new life to images that have been eroded by the elements over the ...