Thank You, Mr. Gorbachev! Watch this inspiring story from Christine and what her life was before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. She expresses heartfelt gratitude to Mikhail Gorbachev for affecting change and enabling her to live a free life. Perhaps the best thing about freedom for Christine, … Continue reading
David Hasselhoff recalls his emotional performance of "Looking for Freedom" on top of the rubble of the Berlin Wall. Continue reading
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is interviewed about his perspective on the Cold War period in which Germany was divided into two independent countries with the famous Berlin Wall. Putin discusses his impressions on the wall and why it was destined to come down, claiming that a structure used to … Continue reading
A significant moment in Cold War history: U.S. President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 issued a challenge to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, which the Communist state of East Germany erected in 1961 as a barrier between West Berlin and the socialist state … Continue reading
American news anchor David Brinkley recalls the night he was woken up in a Berlin hotel while the Russian communist police began building the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961.
President Vladimir Putin shares what emotion he felt when he first saw the Berlin Wall and describes his reaction to the reunification of East and West Germany. Continue reading
Fifty years after the construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, 1961, people recall what life was like with the wall dividing Berlin, Germany in half. Continue reading
Author: Ben Nussbaum The Berlin Wall is remembered as one of the 20th century’s great monstrosities: A literal wall that cut a city in half–separating families and friends, cutting off West Berlin from Communist East Berlin. It was the site of about 100 deaths (some estimates are much higher) as … Continue reading
A West Berlin man talks about daily life and the mixing of East and West in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. Continue reading
Residents of East Germany and West Germany recall their feelings when the wall came down in 1989. Continue reading
