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The Berlin Wall fell because of one East German bureaucrat’s press conference
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWest Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch East German...
Caught in Cold War: Akron veteran recalls 1965 capture in East Germany
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the border guards drew their guns, Moses Herrin knew he was in trouble. The Akron veteran and his Army buddy Fred Matthews usually had no difficulties crossing the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint ...
From the archives | 'The wall is gone': Berlin Wall torn down
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published on Nov. 10, 1989. It is being republished as part of the...
Super spy or paper pusher? How Putin's KGB years in East Germany helped shape him
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRussian President Vladimir Putin stands on the embankment of the Elbe River during a visit back to...
The Lost History of East Germany
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAt the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to...
A trip behind the Iron Curtain reminded this Iowan we're more alike than we are different
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEditor's note: Monica Leo first told this story on stage at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's...
Chicago principal removed after student dressed up as Nazi for Halloween and saluted booing students
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe principal of Jones College Prep in Chicago was temporarily removed from his position after a...
How a picnic became a seminal milestone of Cold War history
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months ago“F--- the 20th Century” proclaimed a sign behind the Hungarian rock band Beatrice. An East German...
Remote former East German bunker for sale. Who's buying?
dpa international via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt's not a lakeside villa or a downtown condominium - it's an unassuming property nestled in a...
A 'barbed wire curtain' rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden...