A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lenin made a comeback of sorts on Thursday as authorities unearthed a granite head of the Russian revolutionary to truck it across the German capital.
After the Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1989, East and West Germany still had a long way to go before they could become one nation. But in August 1990, the date was finally set for the birth of reunified Germany.
In August 1965, Berlin's iconic TV Tower wasn't yet part of the city skyline. But east of the Wall, plans were underway to create a spectacular monument for the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Berliners gathered on Wednesday to remember the people killed 62 years ago, when ordinary people demonstrating against the East German regime were gunned down in the street by Soviet tanks and their own police force.
A higher proportion of women work in the former eastern states than in the western states, a new survey showed on Wednesday, and experts say it has everything to do with Germany's divided history.
25 years ago today, just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, hundreds of ordinary people stormed into Stasi offices in Erfurt to stop the repressive secret police destroying the records it kept on East Germans.
Germany’s 40-year division did not end cleanly for everyone with the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall or with reunification the next year. Many people still carry the pain of traumatic events while others lament the end of the Socialist state.
Thousands of illuminated balloons sailed into the Berlin night sky on Sunday along the former route of the Wall, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said its fall 25 years ago proved that "dreams can come true".
The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989, while largely a result of East Germans’ hunger for freedom, also relied on chance, bungling and the absence of orders that could have unleashed a cataclysm.
From Bowie to the Boss, Pink Floyd to Knight Rider, the divided city of Berlin had a powerful attraction for global celebrities - and some just can’t stay away.
The normally staid proceedings of Germany's Parliament (the Bundestag) were shaken on Friday morning, when a service marking 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall reopened old wounds.
Germany kicks off celebrations on Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall, set to culminate with rock stars and veteran freedom activists joining a millions-strong crowd.
Ordinary people often pave the way for the extraordinary. On November 9th 1989, East German border guard Harald Jäger opened the first Berlin Wall crossing at 11.30 pm. Other checkpoints then followed suit.
They swam, crawled through sewers, flew in balloons, dug tunnels and rammed through the Berlin Wall. The courage and ingenuity of the 5,000 East German escapees later inspired novels, movies and one of the world’s longest tunnels.
On Sunday November 9th 2014, Europe will celebrate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. You can read everything from The Local's special series about the date which changed history here.
More than 150 kilometres of concrete, wire and guard towers ringed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. But it’s not easy to carve up a city - and construction of the Wall threw up many freak instances.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday praised the "courage" of those who first opposed the former East Germany, emphasizing their role in the fall of the Berlin Wall, ahead of 25th anniversary celebrations on November 9th.
There are many of tales of ingenious and well-thought out escape plans from people desperate to flee from East to West Berlin. Wolfgang Engels’ wasn’t one of them. It was, however, one of the most daring.
Germany is gearing up to celebrate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989. The city has changed more than any other in Europe in that time, as these 11 photos of scenes from then and now show.
