Berlin

Meet the man who brought down the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall fell on the night of November 9, 1989 because of a hasty announcement to the press by an East German official who had hoped the measure would "save" the communist regime, reports AFP's <b>Audrey Kauffmann</b>.

Berlin

Artists repaint East Side Gallery along Berlin Wall

Work began this week to repaint Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's passionate kiss with East German strongman Erich Honecker on the longest-surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall.

History

Artists give Berlin Wall murals anniversary makeover

Restoration work began this week on murals painted on the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall, 20 years after the Cold War barrier fell, organisers said. But some of the original artists are unhappy with their plan.

stasi

State premier Böhmer warns against East German nostalgia

In light of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall next year, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt warned on Monday against adopting a rose-tinted view of communist East Germany.

European Union

Road signs to mark Iron Curtain path in Germany

Road signs will remind drivers in Germany they are driving over a piece of history when they cross what was once the armed border between the capitalist West and Communist East starting this autumn.

Israel

Wall photo exhibition brings the West Bank to East Berlin

<b>A German photographer wants to raise awareness about Israel’s security wall sealing off the West Bank by mounting a controversial exhibition on the largest remaining section of the Berlin Wall, reports Sarah Roberts.</b>