When Bowie arrived in early '76, just over 13 years before the Berlin Wall came down, escaping East Germans were still being shot on the "death strip" in the heart of the city. John Le Carre's ...

After that, he was closely monitored by the government and narrowly escaped the country at 18 years old — just before the Berlin Wall was built. “You couldn’t trust anybody and you almost ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact ... On 1 May 1960, just thirteen days before the USA and the USSR were preparing to sit down for a summit meeting in Paris ...

Just before midnight, the Soviets cut power to ... by East Berliners into the West and begin construction of a Berlin Wall dividing the two parts of the city. April 16: Clay dies.

In addition to the WWII history on display here, you’ll also see part of the Berlin Wall in the front of the ... up at the reception desk 30 minutes before the tour starts.

In “We the People,” British historian Timothy Garton Ash described the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of emancipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photography enthusiast ...