The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, arm in arm, celebrating on the Berlin Wall. The article described the ...

Editor’s note: Story was originally published on Nov. 9. 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its ...

It’s been 21 years since the Berlin Wall fell, and it is apt that Cornell Cinema would choose to screen this double feature, consisting of two documentaries screened back-to-back, on the Wall just one ...

A stretch of the wall rose up from the bricks, iron gray and some 13 feet tall, its rounded top designed to foil grappling hooks. This stretch of wall, a sign said, bordered the former Gestapo ...

Germany's infamous symbol of division, the Berlin Wall, split West Berlin — an isolated enclave of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) — from East Berlin, in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) for ...

Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for 28 years at the front line of the Cold War between the Americans and the Soviets. It was built by communists to cut off East Germans from the supposed ...

The people of Berlin woke on August 13, 1961, to discover that their city had been split in two. The Berlin Wall inspired David Bowie's song Heroes (1977), with its poignant lyrics about two lovers, ...

The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly opened border, stood on top of the “Anti-Fascist ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — When he saw a group of Soviet soldiers on the street in East Berlin, Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Irv Pankey had an idea. He wanted a fur hat, and offered an ...