In the northern outskirts of Berlin near Bernau once lay one of the most secretive and exclusive places of the former East ...

East Germany opened the Berlin Wall and its other borders Thursday, and its cheering citizens crossed freely to the West for the first time since 1961. Hundreds of people danced on the wall.

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 ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

As the West resolutely girded for any Communist-made showdown on Berlin, East German Puppet Boss Walter Ulbricht showed signs of nervousness. He ordered the 100,000 men of East Germany’s “People’s ...

BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany's heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin ...

KHRUSHCHEV’S visits to Berlin have become the most significant single feature of the East German year. In 1957 the Soviet Premier bestowed his blessing before the Volkskammer on the plan to form a ...

On Thursday night in the Europa League, Union Berlin stepped into the temple of style. They weren’t supposed to be there. They were only meant to be autumn’s story. But there they were, duelling with ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin, is a most unusual settlement. It is a walled-in compound of semi-forested land and wide lawns, within which sit some 20 ...

The story of Bayern Munich’s most improbable Bundesliga challenger begins in earnest behind the Berlin Wall. FC Union Berlin now stands tall atop the German league, level on points with Bayern and ...

FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...