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On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! " Reagan called for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall , which had encircled West Berlin since 1961.
House librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers digs through The Independent’s photography archive and revisits the final days of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned ...
Many have drawn comparisons of the Berlin Wall and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on America's boarder with Mexico. 13 iconic photos of the Berlin Wall Show comments
The Brandenburg Gate, a few meters from the Berlin Wall, reopened on 22 December 1989, with demolition of the Wall beginning on 13 June 1990 and concluding in 1994. [1] The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October 1990. [7]
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans fleeing to the West. At least 138 people were killed trying to escape to West Berlin, and many who were captured ended up in jail. (Reuters ...
The Wall Comes Tumbling Down, excerpt from a biography of Leonard Bernstein at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 June 2008) Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse, Photos near the location of Fechter's death, taken in 1961; ICA Performance, the performance and screening of the "Death of Peter Fechter" Jordan Tannahill: "Peter Fechter, 59 Minutes"
On arrival in the city before writing the speech, Robinson was warned by US diplomats to avoid Cold War rhetoric and that Berliners had adjusted to the presence of the Berlin Wall. However, after consultation with local Berliners, he found them deeply wounded and concerned about the wall; in many instances it had separated families and ...