In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and West Germany as a way of keeping East Germans from fleeing.

Now a Cold War relic covered in street art and surrounded by bustling modern Berlin, the Berlin Wall has now been down longer than it was up. For just over 28 years, it stood (August 1961 until ...

Explore the Cold War period, one of the most significant and tense times in modern history. Unlike traditional wars fought ...

In the early 1960s, LIFE magazine’s photographers chronicled the construction of the Berlin Wall and, once it was built, its effect on residents living in the newly divided city. The Soviets and ...

Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell. The ugly symbol of the Cold War was built to keep East Germans from escaping to the West. A decades-long fight to flee brought it down.

Former President George Bush, honored Monday for his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ago, said there is still much to be done “to secure the values of freedom and prosperity in e… ...

Author Steve Vogel discussed Cold War espionage and his coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This program was part of an American History TV and "Washington Journal" three-hour program from ...

Germany is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Saturday. Built in 1961 by the Communist government of East Germany, the wall was meant to stop the flood of ...

BERLIN – Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly ...

Before the Berlin Wall there was the Berlin Blockade - the tense period, ... and was one of the heartbeats of West Berlin throughout the Cold War. However, as of 2008, it is no more.