(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of ...
Completed in 2009 at a cost of $13.4 million dollars, the trail attracts all types of cyclists All 14 sections of the trail are connected by public transportation Numerous beer gardens lie close to ...
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 ...