Local tours take a personal turn One of Marriette's most memorable tour moments occurred at the Berlin Wall. Like I mentioned above, Berlin is dotted with historical markers-and many of its residents ...

Symbolic of the Cold War, the 155-kilometre concrete wall cut the German capital in half and separated its citizens.

But there is another anniversary to which I had something of a front row seat on history: the fall of the Berlin Wall. It happened on Nov. 9, 1989, and for most of us who remembered when it was ...

In bustling Berlin, one can easily miss the inconspicuous parallel rows of cobblestones that cut across city streets, sidewalks and plazas. They mark where the Berlin Wall, for 28 years, divided ...

Munich news, health insurance, technology, jobs and other topics for expatriates. The Eye Newspapers covers daily news and offers services for foreigners.

For 28 years, a nearly insurmountable barrier kept people from fleeing East Germany. Today, it is difficult to imagine what was bitter reality just a few decades ago. A computer animation reveals the ...

The Communists’ East German wall was virtually complete. Behind it, Red Boss Walter Ulbricht could whip his sullen millions into line without fear of an other mass exodus. But barricading Berlin was ...

The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, ...

Munich news, health insurance, technology, jobs and other topics for expatriates. The Eye Newspapers covers daily news and offers services for foreigners.