Berlin Wall

How Journalists Helped to Open the Berlin Wall

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See the 25th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall's Fall

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The Opportunity Germany Missed After the Wall Fell

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Quiz: Test Your Berlin Wall Knowledge

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Watch Germany Commemorate the Berlin Wall's Fall

Live coverage of the festivities is due to begin at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET)

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The World Remembers the Berlin Wall's Fall

More than 1 million visitors are expected to descend upon Berlin

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Witness to History: Reporters Recall the Berlin Wall's Fall

'1989 was a year no one expected to be very interesting, and it turned out to be just revolutionary'

By Arpita Aneja and Lily Rothman

After the Fall: The Day the Captain Didn't Shoot My Father

25 years ago, a confrontation at the Czechoslovakian border drove home the reality to me and my family that the Berlin Wall had fallen

By Lev Golinkin

Germany's Wall That Didn’t Fall

25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a divide remains in Germany that threatens the stability of the European continent—the separation between native and non-native Germans

By Brandon Tensley

Barack Obama Honors Berlin Wall Fall Anniversary

While commending the reunification of Germany, the President criticized Russia's actions in Ukraine for unsettling Europe

By Justin Worland

Watch AirBnB's Touching Berlin Wall Anniversary Story

The Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989

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9 Essential Berlin Wall Stories

As the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, look back at its history from beginning to end

By Lily Rothman

25 Years Later, Remembering the Berlin Wall

The actor and musician, who had a top single in Germany in 1989, recounts his personal history with the Berlin Wall

By Lily Rothman

TIME's Best Pictures of the Week

From Republican wins in the midterm elections and the 1-year anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, to U.S. troops returning home from Afghanistan and a giant “fallstreak” hole in the sky over Australia, TIME...

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From Belfast to Baghdad, See the World's Dividing Walls

When Lieutenant-Colonel Harald Jäger made history by opening the Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint of the Berlin Wall at 11.30 pm on November 9, 1989, without any orders, an eager young photography student named Kai Wiedenhöfer was...

By Richard Conway

Interactive Timeline: The Berlin Wall, Beginning to End

The concrete that split the city began to come down 25 years ago this week

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Were You There When the Berlin Wall Came Down? TIME Wants Your Photos

TIME is preparing a gallery of Berlin on and around Nov. 9, 1989

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Hasselhoff Being Sued Over a Berlin Wall Documentary

The Hoff faces legal action after allegedly agreeing to be in two similar films

By Stephanie Burnett

Berlin Wall: Photos From the Birth of a Brutal Divide

Pictures -- most of which never ran in LIFE -- of the construction and earliest days of the ultimate symbol of the Cold War.

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The Berlin Wall - Don McCullin's Lost Negatives

British photojournalist Don McCullin's lost negatives of the Berlin Wall.

By Crary Pullen
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