Nestled alongside the River Spree south of Berlin’s city center, Treptower Park is home to green lawns, riverboat rides and runners pounding their way along the waterside path. Summer days usually see ...

The Berlin Wall began as a border of barbed wire fencing and evolved into a fortified concrete barrier with armed East German border guards. East Germany militarized the entire border with the West, ...

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 20, 1963: A woman’s walk down a Berlin street on a cold day is made even more depressing by the presence of the two-year-old Berlin Wall. In later years, buildings near the ...

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of ...