As Germany marks the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this year, key witnesses are highlighting the crucial role played by St. John Paul II in bringing about the peaceful revolution that ...

Last week it commemorated the 36 th anniversary of that magical moment on November 9 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell and the ...

The Berlin Wall toppled 35 years ago. First, the world looked on with awe, and then the disbelief gave way to jubilation. From Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, a major European city was disfigured with ...

The Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago, and William & Mary was there. A small representation of the university, at least. A group of students came to this realization a few weeks ago while watching a ...

Editor’s note: Story was originally published on Nov. 9. 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its ...

This week marks the 37th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s iconic speech at the Brandenberg Gate of the Berlin Wall. To be sure, President Reagan’s challenge, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this ...

Sources:Geoportal Berlin (the Berlin Wall route); City of Berlin (remains); Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (location of segments); NCD-RisC (mean height) A reporter searches for a ...

Brian Williams told an audience in 2008 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that he was “fortunate” to have stood at the Brandenburg Gate the night the Berlin Wall came down. Except there’s no ...

Gorlitz, Germany, lost most of its population after the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago — but now the city is on the rebound, thanks to... A Tale Of 2 Cities In Germany, 30 Years After The Berlin ...

What's left of the wall transcends the Cold War. Nov. 4, 2009 -- FULTON, Mo. — Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of ...

Sixty years after it first spluttered into life, East Germany's little communist-built Trabbi 601 car, which shot to fame when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, is a sought-after classic. Prices are ...