Section of Berlin Wall torn down to build condos Historians are concerned as more of the wall disappears over time.

The Berlin Wall serves as a monument to the Cold War, but it needs protection from tourists looking to take home a piece of history.

Students should explain how each event contributed to the eventual building of the Berlin Wall. Students are encouraged to be creative in how they represent the information on the graphic organizer.

BERLIN -- Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be ...

Berlin is building another wall to protect a historic portion of the Berlin Wall, under assault by tourists.

Building the Berlin Wall One summer morning in 1961, Berliners awoke to a makeshift barricade separating the two sides of the city. The first barbed wire fences were rapidly followed by even more ...

Building walls may have allowed civilization to flourish Humans have built walls to keep others out, or in, for at least 12,000 years. Why is wall building coming back into fashion now?

Berlin’s mayor says President Trump should scrap his plan for a wall along America’s border with Mexico. “[Our city] cannot look on without comment when a country plans to build a new wall ...

Twenty-five years ago Sunday, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev refused to use force when thousands of people from East and West converged to pull down the Berlin Wall. He taught us all a great ...

At the end of World War II, there were seven border walls or fences in the world. By the time the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were 15. Today, there are at least 77. Border walls have been used ...

The Berlin Wall was breached 20 years ago on November 9, 1989. In the first of several picture galleries to mark the occasion, we look at the building of the wall plus defections and escape ...