The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1961

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1961 to 1989,

From that point on, the communist regime crumbled The wall which had divided Berlin since 1961 came down on 9 November 1989 Thousands of Berliners expressed

berlin wall Fall of the Berlin Wall · In an early photograph by Leonard Freed, American and Soviet soldiers face off at Checkpoint Charlie at the point

berlin 777 Berlin Wall Memorial · The Memorial · The Wall at Bernauer Strasse · The site of the Memorial · The Visitor Center · The Memorial · The Hinterlandmauer · The