Thirty-five years after German reunification, this was my role in the fall of the Berlin Wall

Germany celebrates the 35th anniversary of its reunification this month. To Europeans born since, it must be hard to imagine ...
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After the Fall: Berlin’s Dark Hour and the Fate of the Waffen-SS

As the ashes of Berlin smolder and the Reichstag lies in ruins, surrender signals the end of Nazi rule—but for the city’s ...
CounterPunch

Walls of Shame, Hall of Fame: Barenboim in Berlin

The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly ...
The Atlantic

Did the Berlin Wall's Fall Save China?

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 heralded the end of communism in Europe, but Foreign Policy's Jefferey N. Wasserstrom argues it may have cemented the Communist Party's place in China. With China's ...
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Berlin’s Final Hell: The Last Days of Europe’s Deadliest Battle | WWII

Dive into the harrowing final clash as Soviet forces close in on Berlin, igniting brutal street fighting between Waffen SS, ...
Yahoo

Fall of the Assad dictatorship as symbolic as fall of Berlin Wall, says US congressman

In the interview with the Post, Wilson spoke about the new Syria he witnessed and the opportunities that lie ahead. The fall of the Assad regime can be compared to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, ...