10 Astonishing Present Locations You Can Now Run Into The Berlin Wall
Where’s the Berlin Wall now? Little of this wall, which once separated the East Berlin and East Germany from West Berlin remains in its original…
How long was the Berlin Wall?
Very few symbols were as poignant in the Cold War between West and the Soviet bloc, as the Berlin Wall. A barrier made out of concrete…
Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…
Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…
German Unification and the fall of Berlin Wall
The German unification and the final fall of the Berlin wall began in Hungary 25 years ago when the country’s government brought down the security fences…
The men who dared scale the treacherous Berlin Wall
February 5, 1989 recorded the last victim of the GDR’s Berlin Wall firing orders. The victim was a 20 year old. Until now, researchers are…
Researchers Discover Another Berlin Wall Victim
The count of people who perished while trying to cross over the Berlin Wall was known to be 137. Now, researchers believe there is another…
Traces of The Berlin Wall Still Remains and Serves as a Reminder
The Berlin Wall was the iconic symbol of separating the communist East Berlin from the Democratic West Berlin. The wall ran 160-kilometers and while the…
Germany’s Mega Structures: A Berlin Flak Tower Through the Eyes of a Soldier
The structures were indeed massive—in some areas the walls were nearly 7 feet thick and reinforced with steel. An unprecedented find was uncovered recently in…
Nazi Bunker Discovered Yards From Berlin Holocaust Memorial
There were nearly 200 bunkers built during the war for the protection of German citizens and government staff. Construction work was halted recently at a…
The First Bomb Dropped by The Allies on Berlin Didn’t Harm Anyone But Did Hit an Elephant in Berlin Zoo!
More bombs fell on Berlin in the Second World War than on any other German city. Fifty thousand people died, and hundreds of thousands became…
Ten Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…