The Berlin Wall came tumbling down on November 9, 1989, reuniting East and West Germany, and foreshadowing the fall of the Soviet Union. ... In this Nov. 10, 1989, file photo, ...

The Berlin Wall — the infamous landmark of separated Europe — fell Nov. 9, 1989 after dividing Communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin for more than 28 years.

The Communist regime was prepared for everything “except candles and prayers.” East Germany’s peaceful 1989 revolution showed that societies that don’t reform, die.

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's ... The wall was toppled on November 9, 1989, ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, is known as the monumental event that marked the end of the Cold War. The following year Germany… ...

The year 1989 did not tiptoe in — it burst onto the scene with big hair, neon colors, and a fighting spirit that refused to be ignored. It was the year when the Cold War cracked, the Berlin Wall ...

The Berlin Wall opened in Berlin, Germany on November 1989. Patrick PIEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images New border crossings were created, leaving behind large gaps in the Wall.

East Germany’s heavily fortified border opened on Nov. 9, 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall.

East German border guards look through a hole in the Berlin Wall after demonstrators pulled down one segment of the wall at Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 11, 1989. | Lionel Cironneau/AP Photo ...

The 13th of August marks 50 years since the wall went up overnight in Berlin dividing the eastern and western parts of the city. Close to 300 people died trying to breach it over the next 28 years ...